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How Washington's Food Subsidies Have Helped Make Americans Fat And Sick

Let’s look at some startling facts about U.S. farm subsidies:

Over 6,000 farming companies and combines received more than $1 million federal aid in the years between 2008 and 2018.

This constituted a total of over $11 billion in this 10-year period.

18 different farming entities received over $10 million.

Over $626 million went to urban areas – i.e., places with over 250,000 residents and precisely zero farms.

The five most populated cities in America (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Philadelphia) received a collective $18 million in farm subsidies. 25 percent of all subsidies went to someone receiving over $250,000 in subsidies.

The 150 most affluent zip codes in America received $5 million in subsidies in 2017 alone.

What’s more, the government is still paying farmers to not farm.

12 members of Congress received as much as $637,059 in farm subsidies in 2017.

https://www.zerohedge.com/health/food-freedom-how-washingtons-food-subsidies-have-helped-make-americans-fat-and-sick