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Re:U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than gasoline by donarb on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @09:46AM (#30347090)
> you still need to actually produce something to get that government money

This farmer faked his paperwork and got $1.6 million in illegal farm subsidies.

https://thecounter.org/man-found-guilty-stealing-1-3-million...

Re:U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than gasoline by gruez on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @10:01AM (#30347294)
I'm not sure what your point is? Obviously they didn't intend for people to defraud the system. It's like asking "how can democrats be for welfare programs for the poor when fraud causes some of that to be diverted to non-poor criminals?"