farm the government
v. phr.— «Some farmers reaped large windfalls by “farming the government,” as maximizing subsidies came to be known.» —“Farming The Government” by Neil Howe, Richard Jackson Concord Coalition (Arlington, Virginia) Dec. 9, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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