Bathroom Bachmann lives off farm subsidies

If only I was right-wing instead of smart. If I was, I could just live off the taxpayers like members of Congress who take advantage of the farm subsidy program.

Don't get me wrong: I'm not against farm subsidies. I'm against right-wing congressperson subsidies.

Minnesota's right-wing Rep. Michele Bachmann is known for her hatred of welfare recipients. Yet her family owns a large farm in Wisconsin that received about $250,000 in subsidies. Bachmann herself makes a significant income from her farm.

All this while a majority of small farms receive no subsidy at all.

In 1996 (years before Bachmann was elected), a right-wing Congress gutted the subsidy system to deprive small farmers of their subsidies and instead give handouts to large agricultural operations such as Bachmann's. In fact, most farm subsidies now go to multinational corporations that aren't even in the farming business.

The right-wing hypocrisy on farm subsidies doesn't end there. The 4 congressional districts that receive the most farm subsidies are represented by Republicans. In other words, the subsidies fund large landowners who supported the GOP - not small farmers.

Is there any cessation in sight to the hypocrisy that defines today's GOP?

(Source: http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1209/Antisocialist_Bachmann_got_250k_in_federal_farm_subsidies.html)