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Obama cheers deal - Farmers case settled
politico ^
| 2/18/2010
| matt negrin
Posted on 02/18/2010 2:20:56 PM PST by milwguy
President Barack Obama on Thursday applauded a settlement reached with black farmers who claimed the Agriculture Department had unfairly denied them assistance.
The department will create a $1.25 billion fund to compensate the farmers, the AP reported. The package, if approved by Congress, would go to people denied payments.
My Administration is dedicated to ensuring that federal agencies treat all our citizens fairly, and the settlement in the Pigford case reflects that commitment, Obama said in a statement, referring to the lawsuit. I applaud Secretary Vilsack for his efforts to modernize operations at the USDA, as well as the work of the Justice Department in bringing these long-ignored claims of African American farmers to a rightful conclusion. I look forward to a swift resolution to this issue, so that the families affected can move on with their lives.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackfarmers; obama
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To: freespirited
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posted on
02/18/2010 2:46:01 PM PST
by
MissDairyGoodnessVT
(Free Nobel Peace Prize with oil change =^..^=)
To: milwguy
Wasn't the bastard just yesterday saying "we can't keep on doing all this irresponsible spending"?
Hilarious.
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posted on
02/18/2010 2:46:20 PM PST
by
skeeter
To: freespirited
It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation, For fear they should succumb and go astray; So when you are requested to pay up or be molested, You will find it better policy to say:
"We never pay any-one Dane-geld, No matter how trifling the cost; For the end of that game is oppression and shame, And the nation that plays it is lost!"
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posted on
02/18/2010 2:47:22 PM PST
by
muddler
(Obama is either incompetent or malicious, and it makes little difference which.)
President Barack Obama on Thursday applauded a settlement reached with black farmers who claimed the Agriculture Department had unfairly denied them assistance.
I'm sure President Mugabe...er...I mean Obama...is very pleased.
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posted on
02/18/2010 2:49:28 PM PST
by
fr_freak
To: Diana in Wisconsin
The comments on this thread are an embarrasment to FR.
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posted on
02/18/2010 2:50:19 PM PST
by
Valpal1
("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.")
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