No Fraud Found in Payments to Dead Farmers

A 2007 report conducted by the Government Accountability Office at the request of Iowa Senator Charles Grassley caused public concern when it showed more than $1 billion in farm subsidies were given to dead farmers. Despite the concern about using taxpayer money and giving it to the dead, the government is legally obligated to make payments to farmers’ survivors, estates, partnerships and other business entities if the farmers qualified for the benefit before dying. (Associated Press) Read more.