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 Posted: Thu Dec 13th, 2007 06:45 pm
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Joe Kelley

 

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 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/01/AR2006070100962.html

Matthews is not alone. Nationwide, the federal government has paid at least $1.3 billion in subsidies for rice and other crops since 2000 to individuals who do no farming at all, according to an analysis of government records by The Washington Post.