Up to 1 million dollars was paid to some between 2003-2005
The Democrats have been attempting to curtail the huge payments under the farm subsidy program and Bush has threatened to Veto that bill. Between 2003-2005 the GAO documented payments to wealthy farmers who do not need the subsidy, dead farmers and people who are not farmers but who receive farm subsidy payments from the U.S. taxpayers.
70% of the total farm subsidies are being paid to large farmers who have annual income as high as $2.5 Million dollars. The concept of this program was to help the small struggling farmers to remain in business and protect the production of food in the U.S. Bush and the GOP have turned the program into another handout to their wealthy supporters and now Bush wants to continue this abuse of taxpayer money-Yes your taxes!!!
There does not seem to be an end to the ways Bush and the GOP have taken care of the wealthy in America!