Michelle Bachmann and Farming

Now Michelle Bachmann is backing away from any ownership of a farm in Wisconsin. I would think that anyone running for President, especially as a Republican would play up their roots as farmer. Aren't farmers the kind of conservative, family values, rugged, independent, individuals that the Republicans count as their own? Yes, farmers get subsidies. She should be up front about it. Say something like "I do oppose these subsidies but I'm not going to turn them down" or she could admit that the image of the farmers is not what the general population has. Family farms don't exist without subsidies whether it is price supports, crp payments, government purchases, disaster payments, or planting regulations farmers get government money and then complain about government payments to others. The press just never talks about how much government money farmers are getting.

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Okay, I'm good with going after the benefits of public employees and smashing the unions.  Why is it ok to give taxpayer money (bribes) to corporations?  In Wisconsin I refer to Mercury Marine which extorted $50 million from the taxpayers of this state.  Now that the economy has collapsed due to the action of the non-union wealthy Mercury sales have plummeted and they would like to cut the work force but they can't because of the deal with the State.  Where is the Tea Party on this?  This State should have let them go.  If we are going to take a hard line on the public employees let also end corporate welfare.  I say take the country back to the 1920's.