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Title: Anti-socialist Bachmann got $250K in federal farm subsidies
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Politico
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Published: Dec 22, 2009
Author: Glenn Thrush
Post Date: 2009-12-22 13:36:48 by Bickus Dickus
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Views: 1542
Comments: 10
Anti-socialist Bachmann got $250K in federal farm subsidies 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. Truthdig calls her a "Welfare Queen": Bachmann's family farm received $251,973 in federal subsidies between 1995 and 2006. The farm had been managed by Bachmann's recently deceased father-in-law and took in roughly $20,000 in 2006 and $28,000 in 2005, with the bulk of the subsidies going to dairy and corn. Both dairy and corn are heavily subsidized — or "socialized" — businesses in America (in 2005 alone, Washington spent $4.8 billion propping up corn prices) and are subject to strict government price controls. Bachmann isn't alone in her selective socialism: EWG found that the top four districts receiving the largest ag payments are represented by conservative Republicans. 1. 3rd district of Nebraska (Rep. Adrian Smith - Republican) - $1,736,923,011 in subsidies go to 51,702 recipients. 2. 1st district of Kansas (Rep. Jerry Moran - Republican) - $1,315,979,151 in subsidies go to 75,802 recipients. 3. 4th district of Iowa (Rep. Tom Latham - Republican) - $1,288,622,912 in subsidies go to 35,696 recipients. 4. 9th district of Texas (Rep. Randy Neugebauer - Republican) - $1,227,192,312 in subsidies go to 21,290 recipients.
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#1. To: Bickus Dickus (#0)
Can you be a professional farmer and not take the money? I also heard that the USDA orders farmers what and when to plant. Is this true?
That's the wonderful thing about socialism. Nobody can be AGIN' it 'cuz everyone's ON it. Neat, huh?
The science is settled, peer-reviews are complete, and the debate is over: Al Gore IS a fraud and an idiot.
I didn't know Bachmann was a professional farmer. I thought she was a tax attorney/Congresswoman.
Nobody can be AGIN' it 'cuz everyone's ON it. Neat, huh? What's even neater is that people on Medicare can scream about the horrors of socialized medicine without realizing that they're already on it.
Medicare is broke. That's why we need Obamacare.
The science is settled, peer-reviews are complete, and the debate is over: Al Gore IS a fraud and an idiot.
No, I mean her father in law. Does the USDA force you to take the subsidies?
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Since I've never been offered a subsidy for anything I wouldn't know.
I'll bet Ron Paul would know. He seems to be familiar with earmarks.
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#2. To: Bickus Dickus (#0)
Bachmann isn't alone in her selective socialism
#3. To: echo5sierra (#1)
Can you be a professional farmer and not take the money?
#4. To: Barack H W Bush (#2)
That's the wonderful thing about socialism.
#5. To: Bickus Dickus (#4)
What's even neater is that people on Medicare can scream about the horrors of socialized medicine without realizing that they're already on it.
#6. To: Bickus Dickus (#3)
I didn't know Bachmann was a professional farmer. I thought she was a tax attorney/Congresswoman.
#7. To: Bickus Dickus (#0)
Author: Glenn Thrush
#8. To: Bickus Dickus (#0)
#9. To: echo5sierra (#6)
Does the USDA force you to take the subsidies?
#10. To: Bickus Dickus, echo5sierra (#9)
Since I've never been offered a subsidy for anything I wouldn't know.
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