Michele Bachmann Criticizes Black Farmer Settlement

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Michele Bachmann Criticizes Black Farmer Settlement

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/18/michele-bachmann-black-farmer-settlement_n_902160.html



OMAHA, Neb. — Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann pointed to one program in particular Monday when talking about wasteful government spending: a multibillion dollar settlement paid to black farmers, who claim the federal government discriminated against them for decades in awarding loans and other aid.

The issue came up after Bachmann and Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa toured flooded areas along the Missouri River. During a news conference, they fielded a question about whether farmers affected by the flooding also should be worried by proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture cuts.

The two responded by criticizing a 1999 settlement in what is known as the Pigford case, after the original plaintiff, North Carolina farmer Timothy Pigford. Late last year, President Barack Obama signed legislation authorizing a new, nearly $1.2 billion settlement for people who were denied payments in the earlier one because they missed deadlines for filing.

King has likened the Pigford settlement to "modern-day reparations" for African-Americans. He said Monday a large percentage of the settlement "was just paid out in fraudulent claims" and criticized the Obama administration's plan to resolve separate lawsuits filed by Hispanic and female farmers.

[Angry Dragon]

1. I want to know why these two are not in DC getting

this debt ceiling and deficit under control
I guess they think it is more important
to fly around the country telling everyone
what they are doing wrong .........

[Skip_In_Boulder]

2. If memory serves me correctly

This is the case that Shirley Sherrod, the woman that Brietbart tried to take down with an edited video, had gotten started. These people have been waiting for over 10 years to get the money that is clearly owed to them.

[Pigheaded]

6. Yes many deserve it

But like everything thing else, there are a few that do not.

PH

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. Please elaborate.

[applegrove]

3. A dog whistle to her racist base: businessmen sue often. She doesn't dislike litigation, she

dislikes who it went to.

[Islandlife]

4. Are we still investigating this?

I thought this news had been buried by now.

url?sa=t&source=web&cd=16&ved=0CEIQFjAFOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.libertynewsonline.com%2Farticle_301_29166.php&rct=j&q=pigford%20fraud&ei=Vu8kTq7YM5LOiAKoxfiKCg&usg=AFQjCNG5_X5lu5ZR4IQfZspqC6WWP629CA&cad=rja

does the link work?

I didn't qualify.

[Islandlife]

5. maybe this link will work

article_301_29166.php

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

7. I believe this is the link you were trying to post:

http://www.libertynewsonline.com/article_301_29166.php

Your point is?

[EstimatedProphet]

9. Yes we are still investigating this

Please don't post crap from Liberty "News". If you insist on reading "Liberty" "News" please shoot yourself in the head. There's too may of you fucking up the world for the rest of us as it is.