5% of Congressional Districts Get 50% of Subsidies
Submitted by CARPE DIEM
According to the EWG Farm Subsidy Database, fewer than 5% of congressional districts (19 out of 435 distrcits, or 4.35%) accounted for almost half (49.7%) of crop subsidy program spending in the U.S. between 2003 and 2005.
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