Posted on 02/18/2010 3:06:26 PM PST by milwguy
The news media have recently discovered a big story that has been around since January 1999, when the Washington Post reported that the government had agreed to a consent decree in a class-action lawsuit filed against the Department of Agriculture by black farmers seeking compensation for discrimination they allegedly suffered when they applied for government farm loans. When the government signed the consent decree to allow the case to go forward, it was expected that about 2,500 plaintiffs would join in the suit.
By the closing date of October 1999, over 20,000 had joined, and to date 21,325 cases have been adjudicated. The plaintiffs had won12,849 of them and lost 8,476. The winners were awarded $50,000 tax free and forgiveness of any debt they owed the Department of Agriculture.
(Excerpt) Read more at aim.org ...
As for FR pulling my original thread linking the Politico story, why would the MOD do that? Nothing I said was wrong, just as this story is accurate and the claims I am making about there only being 18,000+ black farmers in 2000 is backed by numberous sources on the net.
It is a shark feeding frenzy here in Mississippi with this decision.
Add that to the 6 billion ACORN got,,,
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OBAMA MONEY !
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