Millionaires Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen Rake in Farm Subsidies

Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen don’t work the land for a living, but each is working the U.S. government for a pretty penny.

A new report from Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, “Subsidies of the Rich and Famous,” reveals a number of high-profile liberals have been sucking at the public teat. Perhaps being part of the 1 percent just isn’t enough to make ends meet these days.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified several individuals receiving farm payments “whose professions had nothing to do with farming or agricultur[e],” says the report.

The report also says millionaires Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen and Ted Turner have collected farm subsidies.

“For example, Jon Bon Jovi paid property taxes of only $100 last year on his extensive real estate holdings in New Jersey that he uses to raise bees. At the same time, Bruce Springsteen received farm subsidies because he leases his property to an organic farmer,” the report explains.

But what if those subsidies simply aren’t enough for the likes of Bon Jovi and Springsteen? Let’s pass around the hat and do all we can to make sure our “farming” friends can keep workin’ the land and writing great songs about those New Jersey girls.