As I was surfing the net came across this 2006 story by the Washington Post. Dan Morgan, Gilbert M. Gaul, and Sarah Cohen spent more than a year investigating the government's wasteful agricultural subsidy spending. The three concluded, that out of the $95 million spent, more than $15 billion was "wasteful, unnecessary and redundant spending".
The link above send you to the Washington Post where multiple articles on the subject are available for public viewing. These articles cover topics from "$1.3 Billion to People Who Don't Farm", "Drought Aid Went to Private Interests", to "Crop Insurance Led To Waste and Abuse". When you scroll down, more recent, related articles are accessible.
My plan was to read and analyze one or a two of these articles, but after reading the site I believe the page loses its effect when you pull out one or two stories. The project needs to be read as a whole. Even though the investigation was done 4 years ago, it is still applicable to today's struggles.
In the comment section below feel free to talk about any of the articles on this page.
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