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Title: Bachmann's had her share of government aid
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URL Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationw ... hmann-20110626,0,1896024.story
Published: Jun 26, 2011
Author: Melanie Mason and Matea Gold
Post Date: 2011-06-26 11:39:32 by Skip Intro
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The fiscal conservative from Minnesota and 2012 presidential contender has benefited personally from federal funds and federal farm subsidies. 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. And she has sought to keep federal money flowing to her constituents. After publicly criticizing the Obama administration's stimulus program, Bachmann requested stimulus funds to support projects in her district. Although she has been a fierce critic of earmarks — calling them "part of the root problem with Washington's spending addiction" — the congresswoman nonetheless argued recently that transportation projects should not be considered congressional pork. As Bachmann prepares to formally launch her presidential bid Monday in Waterloo, Iowa, Republican strategists warned that she needs to square her record with her public pronouncements. "She's kind of built an area in the field of candidates where she's the hawk on those kinds of issues, so any sort of issue that will show her record is not totally consistent will affect some of her support," said Craig Robinson, a former political director of the Iowa GOP. "I don't think it's a deal-breaker, but I think it's something she's going to have to be willing to confront head-on." For now, Bachmann is declining to answer questions on the topic. Her congressional and campaign staff did not respond to numerous requests for comment. Bachmann has long sought to distance herself from those who benefit from public money. "I don't need government to be successful," she proudly told Fox News host Bill O'Reilly in fall 2009 when he asked why she inspired such ire among liberal critics. Yet despite her broadsides against "socialized medicine," Bachmann's husband, Marcus, applied for public funds for his counseling clinic, Bachmann & Associates. Since 2006, he has received nearly $30,000, according to Minnesota state records. The bulk of the money — $24,041 — came in the form of grants from the state Department of Human Services to train staff how to deal with clients suffering from chemical dependency and mental illness. That program was financed in part by the federal government. Michele Bachmann lists the Lake Elmo, Minn.-based clinic — which aims to provide "quality Christian counseling in a sensitive, loving environment," according to its website — as one of her assets on her financial disclosure forms. Another of Bachmann's assets — a family farm owned by her late father-in-law, Paul Bachmann — received nearly $260,000 in federal money between 1995 and 2008, largely from corn and dairy subsidies, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data compiled by the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit research organization that scrutinizes such subsidies. Paul Bachmann died in May 2009, but the congresswoman retains a partnership in the farm. Bachmann said in December that the subsidies went to her in-laws and she never received "one penny" from the farm, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. However, in financial disclosure forms, she reported receiving between $32,503 and $105,000 in income from the farm, at minimum, between 2006 and 2009. Publicly, Bachmann has objected strongly to federal farm payments. When she voted against the 2008 farm bill, a $307-billion package that would govern federal agriculture policy for five years, Bachmann declared that it was "loaded with unbelievably outrageous pork and subsidies for agricultural business and ethanol growers." She was one of two nays cast by Minnesota's eight-member delegation. Just a year later, however, Bachmann wrote to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, praising the federal government for helping prop up the prices of pig products and dairy by directly buying the commodities, a move that benefited her constituents. "I would encourage you to take any additional steps necessary to prevent further deterioration of these critical industries, such as making additional commodity purchases," she wrote on Oct. 5, 2009. The Los Angeles Times/Tribune Washington Bureau obtained the letter through a Freedom of Information Act request. The USDA that year had stepped up its purchase of pork and dairy products for use in school lunches and other government food programs, seeking to stabilize prices in the then-flagging industries. While not technically a subsidy, commodity purchase programs are "a deliberate effort of the government to prop up these industries," said David DeGennaro, legislative analyst for the Environmental Working Group. More recently, Bachmann objected strongly to the Obama administration's $830-billion stimulus package, saying before the 2009 congressional vote on the matter: "I cannot support this new direction for the American economy."
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#1. To: Skip Intro (#0)
This is one who isn't going to implode. She's the only GOP candidate with balls. Her internals are through the roof and she's going to have front runner status by the end of July...
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
Yeah, she's the One. It will be interesting to see if Palin tries to destroy her campaign out of spite.
Where is Limbaugh on Bachmann? Shammity loves her.
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
As far as I know he hasn't came right out and backed any candidate per se... But he has talked about them somewhat by saying what he thinks is bad/good about them....
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
They'll both do whatever the Heritage Foundation tells them. Limbaugh will make a game of it first for ratings like he did with his 2008 Hillary campaign.
Yea...he learned his lesson in 2000, I guess...
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
It isn't so much that she lies as it is that she isn't asked the right questions.
It is our responsibility to protect that child once that child’s born too. When we start debating a budget, let’s make sure we don’t cut 100,000 vaccines. Let’s make sure we’ve got health insurance. We seem to worship what we cannot see, but as soon as that baby’s born, oh no, we don’t want to be intrusive. Texas is going to shrink government until it fits inside a women’s uterus. Senator Leticia Van de Putte
Why, what did he say???? I didn't have much time to listen to him back then...
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
I'm waiting for Palin to roll into Iowa to release her movie and once again step all over the other Repubs. I wonder how much longer they're going to put up with the attention whore?
She debunked this entire 'theme' yesterday on Fox News Sunday.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
She debunked reality? Geez...she IS a viable GOP candidate.
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
you may be right, but she's a gaffe machine and she's going to become another Palin if she keeps running her mouth. Like Palin she can't seem to own up to her mistakes and instead always blames "the media".
"Thats because your basically and idiot." in 2008 Limbaugh said Romney was the only candidate that had all three legs of the conservative stool (social, fiscal, foreign policy). Why are we still paying attention to him?
"Thats because your basically and idiot." Why are we still paying attention to him? Like Fox News, his audience is made up of nursing home residents and shut-ins like Boofer.
LOL! You pitiful libTURD whores! LOL! Words would fail me, if I was not already familiar with your chicken shitted ignorant HYPOCRISY. LOL! Could you ignorant azzwipes please get a new playbook? Or at least turn the fucking page? The American people are done with your "Palin" treatment of Conservative women you vile hypocritical libTURD trash. Your absurd double standard has worn thin decades ago. But, hey, please, double down on it please. Because the vast majority of Americans are in the mood to bitch slap you scum down already NOW. You pitiful libTURD whores. Spit ...
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
btw WHORES ... "The wrong John Wayne 643 Comments and 1450 Reactions|Tweet|Share|Email|More by Stephen DinanPublished on June 27, 2011 Rep. Michele Bachmann kicked off her presidential campaign on Monday in Waterloo, Iowa, and in one interview surrounding the official event she promised to mimic the spirit of Waterloo's own John Wayne. The only problem, as one eagle-eyed reader notes: Waterloo's John Wayne was not the beloved movie star, but rather John Wayne Gacy, the serial killer. Mrs. Bachmann grew up in Waterloo, and used the town as the backdrop for her campaign announcement, where she told Fox News: "Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That's the kind of spirit that I have, too." (Someone has already posted the clip to YouTube under the name BachmannLovesGacy) John Wayne, the movie legend, is in fact from Iowa and the John Wayne birthplace is a celebrated landmark — only it's in Winterset, which is a nearly three hour drive away from Waterloo. Gacy, though, had his first taste of the criminal life in Waterloo, where he lived for a short time, and where he had his first criminal conviction for an attempted homosexual assault, which landed him in prison for 18 months. He would move back to Illinois, where his killing spree started, and lasted about six years. In 1980 he was convicted on 33 counts of murder, and was executed in 1994. - - - - - UPDATE: The Bachmann campaign sent this explanation: "John Wayne is from Iowa, his parents lived in Waterloo." And indeed his parents did in fact live briefly in Waterloo — in fact, according to "Duke: The Life and Image of John Wayne," it's where they met. But soon after their marriage they moved to Winterset, where Wayne was born. It's also worth noting that Mrs. Bachmann herself is no stranger to the actor. In the run-up to her campaign announcement she gave an interview to NewsMax.com in which she talked about him as a symbol of a good time in the country's history. "We're seeing the nation move into decline. I'm not willing to do that. I'm not satisfied. I grew up with John Wayne's America. I was proud that you grew up in John Wayne's America: Proud to be an American, thrilled to be a patriot," she said." Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
Statements to Playboy magazine In an interview with Playboy magazine published on May 1, 1971, John Wayne made several controversial remarks about race and class in the United States. The interview became a hot topic and many stores had trouble keeping the issue in stock.[44] He noted that, as someone living in the 20th century, he was not responsible for the way people who lived one hundred years before him had treated Native Americans, stating: I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them if that's what you're asking. Our so called stealing of this country was just a question of survival. There were great numbers of people who needed new land the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.... Look, I'm sure there have been inequalities. If those inequalities are presently affecting any of the Indians now alive, they have a right to a court hearing. But what happened 100 years ago in our country can't be blamed on us today. I'm quite sure that the concept of a Government-run reservation... seems to be what the socialists are working for now — to have everyone cared for from cradle to grave.... What happened between their forefathers and our forefathers is so far back -- right, wrong or indifferent -- that I don't see why we owe them anything. I don't know why the government should give them something that it wouldn't give me.[45][46] Wayne responded to questions about whether social programs like Medicare and Social Security were good for the country: I know all about that. In the late Twenties, when I was a sophomore at USC, I was a socialist myself -- but not when I left. The average college kid idealistically wishes everybody could have ice cream and cake for every meal. But as he gets older and gives more thought to his and his fellow man's responsibilities, he finds that it can't work out that way -- that some people just won't carry their load.... I believe in welfare -- a welfare work program. I don't think a fella should be able to sit on his backside and receive welfare. I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living. I'd like to know why they make excuses for cowards who spit in the faces of the police and then run behind the judicial sob sisters. I can't understand these people who carry placards to save the life of some criminal, yet have no thought for the innocent victim. In the interview he previously had discussed race relations, including his response to Angela Davis's assertion that her removal from a position as an assistant professor in the UCLA philosophy department on the grounds that she was an active member the Communist party was actually because she was black: With a lot of blacks, there's quite a bit of resentment along with their dissent, and possibly rightfully so. But we can't all of a sudden get down on our knees and turn everything over to the leadership of the blacks. I believe in white supremacy until blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don't believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people.[47][48] When asked how blacks could address their perceived lack of leadership experience and the inequities of the past, Wayne replied: It's not my judgment. The academic community has developed certain tests that determine whether the blacks are sufficiently equipped scholastically. But some blacks have tried to force the issue and enter college when they haven't passed the tests and don't have the requisite background.... By going to school. I don't know why people insist that blacks have been forbidden to go to school. They were allowed in public schools wherever I've been. Even if they don't have the proper credentials for college, there are courses to help them become eligible. But if they aren't academically ready for that step, I don't think they should be allowed in. Otherwise, the academic society is brought down to the lowest common denominator.... What good would it do to register anybody in a class of higher algebra or calculus if they haven't learned to count? There has to be a standard. I don't feel guilty about the fact that five or 10 generations ago these people were slaves. Now, I'm not condoning slavery. It's just a fact of life, like the kid who gets infantile paralysis and has to wear braces so he can't play football with the rest of us. I will say this, though: I think any black who can compete with a white today can get a better break than a white man. I wish they'd tell me where in the world they have it better than right here in America.[44] Wayne later made controversial pro-war comments when asked why a North-South joint election in Vietnam could not have been administered in lieu of armed conflict: That would be no more practical than if France, after coming to help us in the Revolution, suggested having an election to decide what we wanted to do. It would be an exact parallel. The majority of those living in the Colonies didn't want war at that time. If there had been a general election then, we probably wouldn't be here today. As far as Vietnam is concerned, we've made mistakes. I know of no country that's perfect. But I honestly believe that there's as much need for us to help the Vietnamese as there was to help the Jews in Germany. The only difference is that we haven't had any leadership in this war. All the liberal senators have stuck their noses in this, and it's out of their bailiwick. They've already put far too many barriers in the way of the military. Our lack of leadership has gone so far that now no one man can come in, face the issue and tell people that we ought to be in an all-out war. Well it looks like we know where the Duke stood on issues that still make the Libtards have hissy fits to this day!!!!
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
So was Obama... It's a message thing...
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
you may be right, but she's a gaffe machine So was Obama... It's a message thing... WAS? You gibbering libTURD whore, the TRUTH is that you messiah "king" obammy IS a gaffe machine. In fact now we know that the reason the messiah "king" obammy wanted plugs Biden as VP. Plugs is the only living American who is dumber and more clumsy and stoopid than your messiah "king" obammy is. You gibbering libTURD fucknuts are such HYPOCRITES, and chickenshit liars! So .... you gibbering libTURD whores, how about we ask the messiah "king" obammy to explain to us all, in AUSTRIAN, in which of the 57 states he learned to pronounce "CORPSman"? It's your time to get an "ass whupping" whores. AMERICANS are fixing to beat you libTURD whores to political "death".
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#2. To: war (#1)
#3. To: Skip Intro (#2)
Yeah, she's the One. It will be interesting to see if Palin tries to destroy her campaign out of spite.
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#4. To: war (#3)
Where is Limbaugh on Bachmann? Shammity loves her.
#5. To: war (#3)
(Edited)
Where is Limbaugh on Bachmann? Shammity loves her.
#6. To: CZ82 (#4)
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#7. To: All (#0)
#8. To: Skip Intro (#7)
#9. To: war (#6)
Yea...he learned his lesson in 2000, I guess...
#10. To: lucysmom (#8)
It isn't so much that she lies as it is that she isn't asked the right questions.
#11. To: Skip Intro, all (#0)
#12. To: Badeye (#11)
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#13. To: war (#1)
This is one who isn't going to implode. She's the only GOP candidate with balls. Her internals are through the roof and she's going to have front runner status by the end of July...
Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
#14. To: war (#6)
Yea...he learned his lesson in 2000, I guess...
Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
#15. To: go65 (#14)
in 2008 Limbaugh said Romney was the only candidate that had all three legs of the conservative stool (social, fiscal, foreign policy).
#16. To: Skip Intro (#0)
#17. To: Skip Intro (#0)
Hey WHORES, how about we ask the messiah "king" obammy to explain to us all, in AUSTRIAN, in which of the 57 states he learned to pronounce "CORPSman"?
#18. To: Mad Dog (#17)
#19. To: go65 (#13)
you may be right, but she's a gaffe machine
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#20. To: D war F, go at65, ALL (#19)
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