No More Taxpayer Money to Settle ‘Fraudulent’ Pigford II Claims, Republican Says

CNSNews ^ | 6/16/11 | Susan Jones

[CNSNews]

(CNSNews.com) - A Republican lawmaker is trying to protect taxpayers from what he calls fraudulent racial discrimination claims filed against the government by black farmers.

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Wednesday filed an amendment to an Agriculture appropriations bill that would prevent any additional taxpayer money from being used to settle claims associated with the government's "fraud-plagued Pigford II program."

The money, King said, “is being used primarily to build political goodwill for the President.”

As CNSNews.com previously reported, the USDA allegedly discriminated against black farmers in dispensing federally funded farm loans between 1981 and 1996. In 1999, the federal government settled a class action suit brought against the government by black farmers. The case was dubbed “Pigford," after the name of the lead plaintiff.

[dagogo redux]

Bravo to King et al.

And defund and terminate all the similar programs that have sprung up for other “groups”.

[Reddy]

Prime example of a government out of control- handing out tax dollars like candy.

[bikerman]

Must be Racist.