Many legislators are getting farm subsidies
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2007
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Only one subsidy recipient in Congress wants to dramatically pare direct payments to farmers: Richard Lugar, R-Indiana, whose family farm received $126,555 from 1995-2005.
Lugar backs a plan to cap federal farm payments at $30,000 a year.
Rep. Marion Berry, D-Ark., says the system works well. He and his family’s farming interests received almost $2.4 million in federal payments from 1995-2005, records show.
His net worth in 2005 was $1.7 million to $6.6 million, according to his financial disclosure statement. “He has firsthand experience of how this really benefits farmers,” said his spokeswoman, Angela Guyadeen.
Subsidies to Congress members and their families
Subsidies to members of Congress and their families from 1995 through 2005:
Senators
Total subsidies Notes
Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa $878,854 The payments went to Grassley and his son, who has a separate farming operation in addition to a partnership with his father.
Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. $715,000 The payments went to a family partnership the senator co-owned until 2005, and to Lincoln’s mother and brothers. Lincoln said she personally was getting $10,000 a year.
Sam Brownback, R-Kan. $643,000 The payments went to Brownback, his father and his brother. Brownback says he personally waives most subsidies because he thinks people with high non-farm income shouldn’t get most types of federal assistance.
Jon Tester, D-Mont. $232,311 The payments went to him and his wife.
Max Baucus, D-Mont. $230,237 The payments went to a family ranch; the senator sold his interest in the ranch in 1995, though he still has reported receiving mineral royalty payments.
Richard Lugar, R-Ind. $126,555 The payments went to a family partnership.
Gordon Smith, R-Ore. $45,400 The payments went to the senator’s frozen foods business, but are forwarded to growers who lease the land, a spokesman said.
Ken Salazar, D-Colo. $770 Subsidies received in 2002. Brother is Rep. John Salazar.
House members
Marion Berry, D-Ark. $2,357,094 The payments went to corporations co-owned by him or relatives, and one company that pays his wife as a director.
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D. $789,575 The payments went to her father, a former South Dakota state legislator.
John Salazar, D-Colo. $161,085 Salazar no longer receives subsidies personally because the farm is now leased, a spokesman said.
Dennis Hastert, R-Ill. $25,000 The payments went to Hastert and his wife.
Grand total $6,204,111
Sources: U.S. Department of Agriculture records compiled by the Environmental Working Group; lawmaker financial disclosures
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Wow .. farmers sweat and work like animals to make a decent living, and Arkansas farmers gets huge payments. I’m sure they’re not alone, but I never knew there was this much moola in farming:
Recipients of Total USDA Subsidies from farms in Arkansas totaled $9,543,000,000 in from 1995-2009.
Rank Recipient
(* ownership information available) Location Total USDA Subsidies
1995-2009
1 Riceland Foods Inc Stuttgart, AR 72160 $554,343,039
2 Producers Rice Mill Inc Wynne, AR 72396 $314,028,012
3 Tyler Farms Helena, AR 72342 $36,294,630
4 R A Pickens And Son Company Pickens, AR 71662 $13,943,762
5 Wabash Farms Helena, AR 72342 $11,546,220
6 Benwood Farms Earle, AR 72331 $10,909,990
7 Soudan Farming Co Marianna, AR 72360 $9,948,245
8 Big-mo Farm Partnership Stuttgart, AR 72160 $9,418,461
9 Lockley Brothers Parkin, AR 72373 $8,540,021
10 Hawkins Farms Leachville, AR 72438 $8,513,156
11 Bobby Roark & Sons Partnership Lake Village, AR 71653 $8,395,014
12 M & M Farm - Marr Hickory Ridge, AR 72347 $8,213,472
13 Riverside Farms Wynne, AR 72396 $7,849,242
14 Catron Farms Helena, AR 72342 $7,706,391
15 Henderson Land & Cattle Co Altheimer, AR 72004 $7,634,283
16 Don Eifling & Son Farms Grady, AR 71644 $7,509,587
17 Yocum Farms Dermott, AR 71638 $7,272,265
18 Four Star Partnership Portland, AR 71663 $7,087,086
19 Agri Ventures Texarkana, AR 71854 $7,068,448
20 Victoria Partnership Osceola, AR 72370 $7,068,144
* USDA data are not “transparent” for many payments made to recipients through most cooperatives. Recipients of payments made through most cooperatives, and the amounts, have not been made public. To see ownership information, click on the name, then click on the link that is titled Ownership Information.
http://farm.ewg.org/top_recips.php?fips=05000&progcode=total®ionname=Arkansas
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Data search results for Blanche Lincoln’s family/maiden name, LAMBERT, in Arkansas:
Individual Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 42 in Arkansas
Last Name: LAMBERT
Rank Name Location Subsidy Total
1995-2009
1 Glendon Lambert Dumas, AR 71639 $ 471,921.71
2 Martha K Lambert Helena, AR 72342 $ 170,269.06
3 Dennis Lamberth Brookland, AR 72417 $ 164,181.12
4 Glenn Lambert Dumas, AR 71639 $ 134,588.49
5 Sheralee J Lambert Springdale, AR 72766 $ 90,390.47
6 J B Lambert Jr Helena, AR 72342 $ 88,681.12
7 Dale Lambert Danville, AR 72833 $ 76,717.00
8 Eleanor R Lambert Little Rock, AR 72201 $ 68,091.15
9 Jordan B Lambert III West Helena, AR 72390 $ 67,571.02
10 Jeremy Lamberth Brookland, AR 72417 $ 55,848.50
11 Robert Lambert Dumas, AR 71639 $ 50,248.65
12 Amy Elizabeth Lambert Blytheville, AR 72315 $ 35,026.52
13 E Russell Lambert Pine Bluff, AR 71611 $ 25,802.96
14 Tony G Lambert Prescott, AR 71857 $ 20,612.00
15 Robert Lambert Jr Emmet, AR 71835 $ 18,905.00
16 Moka M Lambert Fort Smith, AR 72901 $ 15,706.16
17 Robert Lambert Jr Dumas, AR 71639 $ 9,640.05
18 W C Lamberth Jonesboro, AR 72401 $ 9,057.18
19 Michael C Lambert Piggott, AR 72454 $ 7,518.95
20 Bill Lambert Glenwood, AR 71943 $ 4,628.82
Is it pitchfork, tar and feather time yet? I hate politicians! Most of them come to congress with barely two nickels to rub together and leave millionaires! How long are we going to put up with the fleecing of America?
Pathetic crooks!