Think Progress scores again:
Farmer who put up sign claiming Democrats are ‘party of parasites’ has taken $1 million in farm subsidies.
A Missouri farmer has parked one of those ugly semi-trailer signs on his land, facing a highway, proclaiming "Are you a Producer or Parasite Democrats - Party of the Parasites".
However.....
The Kansas City Starhad a little nose around and found that said farmer has received more than $1 million in federal crop subsidies since 1995.
"That’s just my money coming back to me," Jungerman, 72, said Monday. "I pay a lot in taxes. I’m not a parasite."
LOL! But wait, there is more:
Jungerman said he put up the sign to protest people who pay no taxes, but, "Always have their hand out for whatever the government will give them" in social programs.
Crop subsidies are different, he said. When crop prices dip below a certain point, the federal government makes up the difference with a subsidy payment.
I look forward to the farmer's audition on Last Comic Standing.