Posted on 06/27/2011 5:56:55 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist
Reporting from Washington— Rep. Michele Bachmann has been propelled into the 2012 presidential contest in part by her insistent calls to reduce federal spending, a pitch in tune with the big-government antipathy gripping many conservatives.
But the Minnesota Republican and her family have benefited personally from government aid, an examination of her record and finances shows. A counseling clinic run by her husband has received nearly $30,000 from the state of Minnesota in the last five years, money that in part came from the federal government. A family farm in Wisconsin, in which the congresswoman is a partner, received nearly $260,000 in federal farm subsidies.
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She should immediately release her financial statement and put it to rest IF it is not true. From everything I have read and not just from the LA Times she has a state in her deceased father in laws farm and has received subsidies. This is not the only issue that concerns me on her...the disabled vets, the comment by her campaign mgr on Palin which I have never heard Bachmann apologize for and her vote against ending ethanol subsidies.
Yes, and the farm is now leased out to another farmer to run.
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