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Another Bloated Farm Bill
by Nate Jackson
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Philadelphia’s Perverse Civil Asset Forfeiture
Machine Has Finally Come to An End
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{activistpost.com} ~ Philadelphia may be the birthplace of our Constitution, but its civil asset forfeiture program is anything but constitutional... The program has become so corrupt and far-reaching it is often referred to as a “perverse machine.” Luckily, after a four-year legal battle brought by the nonprofit law firm the Institute for Justice (IJ), the city has agreed to a settlement that will give its abusive forfeiture program a major overhaul and protect the rights of Philadelphia property owners. In Philadelphia alone, 25,000 people have been victimized by the practice of asset forfeiture. Property confiscated by law enforcement includes 1,200 homes, 3,500 vehicles, and $50 million from residents. And the majority of these property owners were never actually convicted of a crime. But now, due to the diligent efforts of IJ, many of these individuals will finally see justice served. Darpana Sheth, a senior attorney at IJ and director of its Initiative to End Forfeiture Abuse, commented: For too long, Philadelphia treated its citizens like ATMs, ensnaring thousands of people in a system designed to strip people of their property and their rights. No more. Today’s groundbreaking agreement will end years of abuse and create a fund to compensate innocent owners....
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After two-month manhunt, IDF finds
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{timesofisrael.com} ~ After a two-month manhunt, Israeli forces found and killed a Palestinian man suspected of carrying out a brutal terror attack... in which he shot dead two Israeli coworkers in a West Bank factory, the Shin Bet security service said early Thursday. According to the Israel Defense Forces, the suspect opened fire at the Israeli security officers who came to arrest him. The troops shot back, killing him.On October 7, Ashraf Na’alowa, 23, allegedly killed his coworkers Kim Levengrond Yehezkel and Ziv Hajbi at a factory where all three worked in the Barkan Industrial Zone. Another Israeli woman was also injured in the attack. According to the Shin Bet, Na’alowa appeared to be planning to conduct a second terror attack, “which was prevented with the thwarting of the assailant.” The security service said when the troops arrived he shot toward them with the same Carlo-style submachine gun used in the Barkan attack... .
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Another Bloated Farm Bill
by Nate Jackson: The Republican record over the last two years includes a few big wins — tax cuts and court nominations are among the best. It also includes some major failures, such as scumbag/liar-nObamaCare repeal and now the latest farm bill. Earlier this year, we pointed out how bad the farm bill was. It’s gotten worse. Nevertheless, the Senate passed it 87-13, and it now heads to the House.
For reasons known only to members of Congress, the farm bill is where food stamps are allocated, and that welfare roll takes up 80% of the bill’s dollars. Despite an economic boom spurred in large part by GOP tax cuts, some 40 million Americans still receive food stamps. That’s double the number from 20 years ago, and, while it’s fallen a bit from the Barack scumbag/liar-nObama highs, it hasn’t fallen enough. Yet many Republicans seemingly have no interest in real reform, even as the specter of Democrats taking over the House in January looms.
With employers desperate for Americans to fill a near-record seven million job openings, there has hardly been a better time to stiffen work requirements for food stamps and truly reform the program. But breaking the cycle of dependence is hard — both for able-bodied adults who’d rather get a government check for nothing and for the politicians who want their votes. Thanks to the Senate, this farm bill is extremely light on those work requirements and makes virtually no effort to shrink the welfare rolls.
Food stamps aren’t the only problem, however. The farm bill is also larded up with income redistribution that benefits mainly wealthy corporate farmers. A 2017 Congressional Research Service report found that “farms with market revenue equal to or greater than $250,000 accounted for 12 percent of farm households, but received 60 percent of federal farm program payments.” Meanwhile, the smallest 80% of farms account for just 10% of the subsidies.
And you don’t even have to be a farmer to qualify. National Review notes, “For example, despite efforts to close a loophole that allows family members of farmers to receive subsidies even if they do not live or work on a farm, the final version of the bill expands that loophole to allow distant relatives such as cousins, nieces, and nephews to qualify for subsidies. That subsidy is worth up to $125,000 a year, about twice 2017’s national median household income.” All you have to do is claim “management” responsibility in the proper paper work, and you too can cash in. Subsidies are politically helpful, however, in part because President Donald Trump’s tariffs have been so painful for farmers.
If anything typifies the swamp, it’s big spending legislation like the farm bill. And, for now at least, it’s business as usual.
~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/articles/59978?mailing_id=3937&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.3937&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body
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