Just read that an Islamic organization once listed by the Justice Department as a co-conspirator in a high-profile terror case is among many groups that have received thousands in federal farm subsidies, without producing any crops.
Records show that since 1998, the North American Islamic Trust has received over $10,000 across 34 separate taxpayer-funded programs. NAIT's two relatively small land plots are tax-zoned as "agricultural" -- but they aren't developed.
The group has been able to obtain farm subsidies legally without producing any crops because it is a nonprofit "charity group" landowner -- so it received subsidies on top of being tax-exempt.
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As one person noted, “So we the people give Uncle Sam our hard-earned money, then Uncle Sam funnels it through the farm bill to terrorist supporters, who funnel it to the terrorists, who use it to attack the USA, justifying Uncle Sam to take more money from the working people to fight the terrorists. I got an idea, stop giving money to Uncle Sam. it's a win-win-win!”
This is another example of how “big” government is inefficient, ineffective, and wasteful!
