May
2012
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Nicholas Ballasy, The Daily Caller
Submitted by: Kevin Zirulo

Report: Subsidies of the Rich and Famous

A new report entitled “Subsidies of the Rich and Famous" from the office of Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn claims to show that wealthy celebrities including Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Quincy Jones and Ted Turner have received federal farm subsidies.

[The Daily Caller] The Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified several individuals receiving farm payments “whose professions had nothing to do with farming or agricultur[e],” says the report. These individuals include real-estate developer Maurice Wilder, a “part-owner of a professional sports franchise [who] received total of more than $200,000 in farm program payments in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.”

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