Fiscal Conserative Bachmann has benefited personally from federal funds and federal farm subsidies.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-na-bachmann-20110626,0,1763794.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+chicagotribune%2Fnews%2Fnationworld+%28Chicago+Tribune+news+-+Nation%2FWorld%29

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 ofMinnesota 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.

Los Angeles 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"

[muntrv]

1. Batshit Bachmann loves pork.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. What do you know? ANOTHER Repub hypocrite!

She makes me sick.

Do they not know that we can (and will) check up on them?

Do they think we are really that stupid if we don't?

GAH.

:puke:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Kick!

:kick:

[JCMach1]

4. Not to mention the Foster Kid subsidies... that alone made her a millionaire.