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- luckyorphan0
Oh and one more unrelated topic, will someone please explain this one to me?:
Anti-socialist Bachmann Got $250K in Federal Farm Subsidies
http://www.politico.com/blogs/gl…
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) — so fond of accusing the Obama administration of foisting socialism on an unwilling America — has apparently been the recipient of about a quarter of million bucks in government handouts.
Liberal site Truthdig links to an Environmental Working Group analysis of federal agricultural subsidies and found that the Bachmann family farm, managed by her father-in-law until his recent death, received $251,000 in farm payments between 1995 and 2006.
Bachmann’s financial disclosure forms indicate her stake in the Wisconsin farm is worth up to $250,000. Her income from the farm has grown from $2,000 a year a few years back to as much as $50,000 for 2008.
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Consistency, people. It's not that hard.
- Now I'm done. Rack me.luckyorphan
- typical Rep.akrokdesign
- yeah, I'm not surprised.Josev
- multiply this story x all of congress replace farm with investment ABattleAxe