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DATE OMISSION CHEATS KY. FARMERS OUT OF $124 MILLION
Jump to full article: Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader, 2005-02-11
Author: Joey Pendleton
Intro: Our leaders in Washington have failed the tobacco farmers of Kentucky and 13 other states. Instead of a tobacco buyout bill, Congress passed a farmer sellout bill last fall, letting tobacco companies off the hook for the final Phase II payment due to growers.
Sadly, our leaders were warned that the legislation had a serious problem but passed it anyway...
With no effective date, the companies could avoid making the December 2004 payment to farmers. The letter was addressed to members of the House and Senate who were on a conference committee working out final details of the legislation.
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