But Bachmann isn’t the only welfare recipient on Capitol Hill. As it turns out, there is a filthy-rich class of absentee farmers—both in and out of Congress—who demand free-market rules by day and collect their government welfare checks in the mail at night, payments that subsidize businesses that otherwise would fail.
Quelle: Truthdig – Michele Bachmann: Welfare Queen
Ob in der Schweiz oder in den USA — sie verlangen für den Rest der Bevölkerung die freie Marktwirtschaft und mehr Verantwortung, fordern für sich aber Subventionen und Schutz vor dem Markt. Steuern zahlen sie oftmals auch keine. Ach, und sie sind die ersten, die billige Arbeitskräfte ins Land holen …
Chuck Grassley, the longtime Republican senator from Iowa who warns his constituents of Obama’s “trend toward socialism,” has seen his family collect $1 million in federal handouts over an 11-year period, with Grassley’s son receiving $699,248 and the senator himself pocketing $238,974.
