by Jane Richey | Jun 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack intends to appoint “socially disadvantaged farmers” to voting memberships on county committees — the local farmer panels that serve as a direct link between the farm community and the USDA. Right now, all 7,700...
by Jane Richey | May 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The U.S. Agriculture Department plans to expand American farmers’ access to credit through a new microloan program that offers lower interest rates than credit cards and personal loans. Among other improvements, USDA said it is “adding flexibility to some...
by Jane Richey | Mar 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The U.S. Department of Agriculture-administered food stamp program does not check the Social Security Number (SSNs) of some of its 46.3 million recipients, many of whom are using the numbers of dead people and invalid SSNs to get benefits potentially totaling $1.1...
by Jane Richey | Mar 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Some of the record total of 46.3 millions recipients of food stamps–a federal welfare program–have traded their benefits at a discount with corrupt retailers to get cash to buy drugs and weapons, the inspector general (IG) for the Department of Agriculture...