Michele Bachmann - Savage's favorite elected official.
TSN agrees wholeheartedly!
Posted on 09/30/2010 7:23:25 AM PDT by SanFranDan
Don’t expect the democratic-media complex to come near this story...Conservative Representatives Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Steve King (R-IA) called on the Attorney General Eric Holder to invest the Pigford Scandal.
More than 92,000 blacks have signed up for reparations from the Obama USDA after the Pigford case was extended this past year.
That’s five times the number of blacks who were actually farming during the time period in question and would possibly qualify for the reparations.
Pigford v. Glickman was a class action lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), alleging racial discrimination in its allocation of farm loans and assistance between 1983 and 1997. The lawsuit ended with a settlement in which the U.S. government agreed to pay African American farmers $50,000 each if they had attempted to get USDA help but failed.
To date, almost $1 billion has been paid or credited to the farmers under the settlement’s consent decree. Democrats want to add another $1.2 billion to the money pot and continue with the reparations.
The Hill reported on the press conference. House Republicans on Wednesday charged that a multibillion-dollar settlement with black farmers supported by the Obama administration was rife with fraud.
At a press conference in the Capitol Visitor Center, Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Steve King (R-Iowa) alleged that a $1.25 billion Agriculture Department settlement to resolve discrimination claims included individuals who were never farmers.
Bachmann said the discrimination claim process was subject to “massive and widespread fraud and abuse.” King also said he believes the Obama administration has ignored the fraud allegations surrounding the settlement.
“I think they have turned a blind eye to the fraud and corruption here,” King said.
The GOP lawmakers called on Attorney General Eric Holder to start an investigation into the settlement’s claimants to ensure they are genuine. In addition, they asked congressional leaders not to sign off on new appropriations for the settlement.
Don’t hold your breath here.
Like the dismissal of the New Black Panther lawsuit, this is all about keeping the blacks on the plantation for Obama.
Good ole Shirley Sherrod. ....'member her?
More cries of racism to come...
good post bump
If Blacks swindle the taxpayers, it’s fine with Eric Holder because the are entitled. It’s “their turn,” doncha know...
Good for the GOP three!
Conservative Republicans need to start getting loud and public with these sorts of things.
The country has been beat over the head with the reparations game for years. Affirmative action has caused those who could have succeeded to be pushed to the back of the line just because they didn't have enough pigment to their skin, and paying those that did to become political parasites.
It's bleeding us dry, and putting those in control who can't get by day-to-day without someone making excuses for them.
If it isn't stopped here, we will have no country left!
Some ‘pubs have guts!
Obama’s stash, don’cha know...
Maybe they are correct, after all, since osamaobama has been to 57 states, he believes that he is an American.
Darrel Issa has said if the pubbies take over the house,the subpoenas will fly;this could get good.
We simply don’t understand that this is another stimulus project.
Zackly
Gee...looks like black farmers multiply a little like black VOTERS on election day!!
Michele Bachmann - Savage's favorite elected official.
TSN agrees wholeheartedly!
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