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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 832772" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p>Mrs. Sherrod has stated publicly that she believes the White House was behind her firing because she was told this by USDA Undersecretary Cheryl Cook. Vilsack has denied White House involvement. The White House and the USDA both had good reasons for not wanting publicity about <em>Pigford </em>and Mrs. Sherrod; she, her husband Charles and the New Communities farm that she helped manage were by far the largest single recipients of <em>Pigford</em> money, getting over $13 million.</p><p>USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, a Democrat, is also the former governor of Iowa who also served in the state legislature with Steve King. Vilsack has made <em>Pigford</em> a priority in his administration and has opposed any efforts to investigate fraud in the settlement.</p><p>Vilsack’s USDA also did an end run around the court decision and created their own expedited process to give money to women and Hispanic farmers — and significantly, women and Hispanics who claim to have attempted to farm. This “attempted to farm” distinction is exactly what led to significant fraud in <em>Pigford</em>.</p><p><a href="http://biggovernment.com/tag/pigford-settlement/" target="_blank">http://biggovernment.com/tag/pigford-settlement/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 832772, member: 12952"] Mrs. Sherrod has stated publicly that she believes the White House was behind her firing because she was told this by USDA Undersecretary Cheryl Cook. Vilsack has denied White House involvement. The White House and the USDA both had good reasons for not wanting publicity about [I]Pigford [/I]and Mrs. Sherrod; she, her husband Charles and the New Communities farm that she helped manage were by far the largest single recipients of [I]Pigford[/I] money, getting over $13 million. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, a Democrat, is also the former governor of Iowa who also served in the state legislature with Steve King. Vilsack has made [I]Pigford[/I] a priority in his administration and has opposed any efforts to investigate fraud in the settlement. Vilsack’s USDA also did an end run around the court decision and created their own expedited process to give money to women and Hispanic farmers — and significantly, women and Hispanics who claim to have attempted to farm. This “attempted to farm” distinction is exactly what led to significant fraud in [I]Pigford[/I]. [url]http://biggovernment.com/tag/pigford-settlement/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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