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- luckyorphan0
^ Bachmann has made a name of herself by bashing people who take government handouts of any kind. $250k over 11 years is $22k per year of American taxpayer dough going into her family farm.
Explain that.
- It's her father in law's farm. I don't know the whole story and that article doesn't even attempt to explain it, but it seems like it'smathinc
- trying to make a story bigger than it should be. Did she misuse her power to get the subsidies? If you're pointing outmathinc
- the hypocrisy of what she says she stands for and her father in law getting subsidies I think you would agree that's a pretty weakmathinc
- argument seeing as it's not her farm and all farms collect subsidies. So again, does your family in law represent your ideals?mathinc
- ideals? I mean come on even my own family doesn't represent what I believe in. It's a weak story.mathinc
- She gets income directly from the farm. Ownership is not the issue - it's taxpayer money in her pocket.luckyorphan
- Then how much revenue does the rest of the farm make.. 22k/yr might be a mere pittance. I'm not sticking up for hermathinc
- I'm just saying that the story is the same innuendo that you condemn in the posts above.mathinc