Schweitzer blasts AFP on Medicaid stance
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They have owned the 200,000-acre-plus Matador Ranch near Dillon for more
than 50 years. Well, not really owned the ranch, because about one-third of
the ranch is owned by the state of Montana, while the federal government
owns around another third. The brothers rent the land from the state and the
feds to graze their 2,000 head of cattle.
I am a rancher so I crunched the numbers. The Koch Brothers have (received):
• A whopping Montana subsidy of $110,889 per year, times the 50 years of
ownership, for a grand total of $5,544,450.
• A federal subsidy of $140,859 per year, times 50 years — a very generous $7,042,950.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/opinion/guest-opinions/2015/02/19/schweitzer-blasts-group-medicaid-stance/23684267/