The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Philadelphia residents who receive annual checks, often based on nothing more than their family connections to farms in states far afield from Pennsylvania. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber asked, “Will we spend public dollars for poverty or some really large farm? I’m surprised this isn’t getting more attention.”
Philadelphia ‘city slickers’ have received millions in federal farm subsidies over 25 years (Inquirer)
January 27, 2020