It’s not hypocritical. That word is used completely wrong. Hypocritical is passing a law and exempting yourself, like with Congress and Obamacare.
Holding other people to a standard that you do not hold yourself to is hypocrisy.
If it’s the law, it isn’t taking advantage. It’s following the law.
If you were a farmer who voted for a candidate who wanted to end farm subsidies, but they were still available to you because the lawmakers did not change the law, it would not be unethical to follow the law and apply for them.
Yeah, “if it’s the law” just excuses everything. For the unprincipled, that is; Tacitus says otherwise and warned us so.
And yes, it would be utterly unethical and hypocritical to apply for farm subsidies if you oppose them.