Can you believe that we have just been taken for a ride by this "lame duck" session of Congress and the President, when he signed a bill giving more than a billion dollars to 86,000 to 90,000 black farmers for supposed discrimination that happened years ago? It started out with a lawsuit by about 400 black farmers in Georgia, in the 90's, who claimed the Dep't. of Agriculture discriminated against them by denying them loans. That original lawsuit was expanded to include about 16,000 "farmers" a couple of years ago, but as of the other day when Obama signed this bill (which he initiated, by the way, in the Senate before he became President) the total amount of black "farmers" has now totaled 86,000 to 90,000.
For years Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have been looking for reparations for slavery that ended about 160 years ago, but were laughed off as buffoons looking for some "shakedown" money, as was their modus operandi. But, when Obama got to the Senate, he pushed for this settlement (reparations to some) and as President he completed the infamous case of Pigford vs, Glickman, by getting $1.2 billion dollars for this obvious fraud. By the way, the mover and shaker behind this scam was none other than Shirley Sherrod and her husband, remember her from a few months ago when she was fired by the Dep't. of Agriculture for supposedly making racist remarks? In addition, in all of the U.S. the estimate of black farmers is about 20,000. So how come approx. 90,000 black "farmers" will now share in the 1.2 billion bailout? Do you smell a rat?
The new congress should investigate this robbery of the treasury as soon as they are sworn in so maybe it can be stopped. What a disgrace to have this proceed to its final disposition.
Shame on Obama, the Congressional Black Caucus, and all who voted for this fraud, but then again, they have no shame. Maybe you should write your Congressman and tell him/her to investigate this abomination.
Another post from our friends at Chuck On The Right Side
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