The Pigford Files

The information I have here is based on information I obtained from the blog website - Big Government.

Have you even heard about the Pigford Settlement? Basically, some black and/or African-American farmers attempted to get a loan from the US Department of Agriculture and, due solely to their ethnicity, were denied the loan. Rightfully so, the USDA (the Federales government, you know) lost a legal battle and would have to pay each affected farmer $50,000.

So far, so good. But now you need to find out more information. Things like:

More African-American /quote "farmers" /unquoute have been paid the $50,000 than even existed based on the number of farmers in the US Census. Based on an article by Peter Schwiezer: “Eddie Slaughter, with the Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association, has looked at the USDA numbers which show that there are far more claims than there were black farmers in America. He has said, “What that means is that most of these people were never farmers, because the farmers had loans.” Another organization, Concerned Black Farmers of Tennessee, tracked 70 individual Pigford claims in Tipton County and found that 63 percent of those that were approved had no records to establish that they had ever even farmed. Yet, each of those individuals received a check from the USDA for $50,000.”

How about getting a settlement and not ever have farmed? In the article "A Black Farmer Blows the Whistle on the Black Farmer Settlement" by Jimmy Dismuke we see he says, "I personally know of people who have no connection to farming at all who got Pigford checks.  People with potted plants in their apartments claimed to be farmers and got paid.  I saw an instance where eight Pigford checks went to one house.   There are drug addicts and pushers who have received payments who have never farmed a day in their life."

I recommend you learn more about how this settlement has turned into a kind of repatriation for slavery. Workers are being pushed into approving any and all applications. Disgusting.

And while we're on this subject, you might like to know that a very similar plan is being discussed by the Obama administration that would implement the same procedures for Latino and women farmers!

Guess I need to get my wife to grow a potted tomato plant and apply for the settlement.