Bachman, Palin, and the Other Hypocrites: Taking from the Public, but criticizing the Government

Michele Bachmann denies benefiting from government aid - latimes.com: "Rep. Michele Bachmann deflected allegations Sunday that she and her immediate family had benefited from government assistance despite her demands to cut the federal budget, saying hundreds of thousands of dollars for her family farm and a counseling clinic went to employees and her in-laws.

'My husband and I did not get the money,' the Minnesota Republican said on Sunday news shows one day before officially opening her presidential campaign in Waterloo, Iowa — her birthplace.

The Los Angeles Times reported Sunday that Bachmann, a 'tea party' favorite, had benefited from government funds and federal farm subsidies.

An examination of her record and finances showed that a counseling clinic run by her husband received nearly $30,000 from Minnesota and the federal government in the last five years. And a family farm in Wisconsin, where she is listed as a partner, received about $260,000 in federal subsidies.

In Bachmann's financial disclosure forms, she reported receiving between $32,503 and $105,000 in income from the farm, at minimum, between 2006 and 2009.

Bachmann and her staff had declined to comment to The Times. But asked about the issue on 'Fox News Sunday,' she insisted that she and her husband had not benefited at taxpayers' expense."