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Political Factoid
Welfare for the Wealthy:
Direct handouts for millionaires:
- $74 million in unemployment checks
(2005-2009)*
- $316 million in farm subsidies
(2003-2009)
- $89 million for preservation of
ranches and estates
(2009-2010)
- $9 billion in retirement checks
- $7.5 million to compensate for
damages caused by emergencies to
property that should have been
insured.
- $16 million in government-backed
education loans to attend college
since 2007.
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-- Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK)
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In 2009 alone, there were 2,362 people
who made more than one million
dollars in income, yet got
$20,799,000 in unemployment
insurance benefits - $11,113 on
average.
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