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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1127072" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p>[h=1]NYTimes Confirms: Massive Fraud at USDA in Pigford; Breitbart Vindicated[/h]</p><p>[h=2]The <em>New York Times</em> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/us/farm-loan-bias-claims-often-unsupported-cost-us-millions.html" target="_blank">reported</a> Friday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has likely enabled massive fraud in the Pigford series of legal settlements, in which black, Hispanic, female and Native American farmers have claimed to be victims of past discrimination.[/h] The cost of the settlements, which could exceed $4.4 billion, is the result of a process that "became a runaway train, driven by racial politics, pressure from influential members of Congress and law firms that stand to gain more than $130 million in fees," the <em>Times</em> notes.</p><p> Among those influential members of Congress was then-Senator Barack Obama, who made Pigford payouts a priority in exchange for political support for his 2008 presidential campaign among a coveted group of black voters in the rural South, the <em>Times </em>reports. </p><p> As president, Obama continued to support payouts for new groups of claimants while abandoning a review process that had been used to fight fraud. The aim was "buying the support" of minorities, according to the <em>Times</em>, while middlemen created a "cottage industry" in defrauding the government.</p><p>In fact, the 5,529-word report by LaFraniere shows that Pigford and subsequent settlements had little to do with redressing discrimination and everything to do with politics and greed, while the true victims of discrimination continued to suffer in obscurity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1127072, member: 12952"] [h=1]NYTimes Confirms: Massive Fraud at USDA in Pigford; Breitbart Vindicated[/h] [h=2]The [I]New York Times[/I] [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/us/farm-loan-bias-claims-often-unsupported-cost-us-millions.html"]reported[/URL] Friday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has likely enabled massive fraud in the Pigford series of legal settlements, in which black, Hispanic, female and Native American farmers have claimed to be victims of past discrimination.[/h] The cost of the settlements, which could exceed $4.4 billion, is the result of a process that "became a runaway train, driven by racial politics, pressure from influential members of Congress and law firms that stand to gain more than $130 million in fees," the [I]Times[/I] notes. Among those influential members of Congress was then-Senator Barack Obama, who made Pigford payouts a priority in exchange for political support for his 2008 presidential campaign among a coveted group of black voters in the rural South, the [I]Times [/I]reports. As president, Obama continued to support payouts for new groups of claimants while abandoning a review process that had been used to fight fraud. The aim was "buying the support" of minorities, according to the [I]Times[/I], while middlemen created a "cottage industry" in defrauding the government. In fact, the 5,529-word report by LaFraniere shows that Pigford and subsequent settlements had little to do with redressing discrimination and everything to do with politics and greed, while the true victims of discrimination continued to suffer in obscurity. [/QUOTE]
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