Wisconsin State Senate Republicans Took Hundreds Of Thousands In Government Farm Subsidies

[Hissyspit]

Source: Sam Stein

Sam Stein
Huffington Post Reporting
Wisconsin State Senate Republicans Took Hundreds Of Thousands In Government Farm Subsidies

First Posted: 03/ 8/11 04:07 PM Updated: 03/ 8/11 04:07 PM

WASHINGTON -- At least three of the Wisconsin state Senate Republicans currently demanding that public workers sacrifice benefits, wages and even collective bargaining rights for the sake of the budget have applied for and received hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal farm subsidies, a Huffington Post review of state and federal records shows.

From 1995 through 2009, state Sens. Luther Olsen, Dale Schultz and Sheila Harsdorf all had stakes in farms that received between them more than $300,000 in taxpayer funds.

Those federal appropriations had no direct impact on the state’s current budget woes, but the cash spent on those subsidies, which went to support a range of functions -- from soybean production to small hog operations -- could have been used elsewhere, perhaps even in Wisconsin. More than that, critics say, it muddles the notion, pushed by these lawmakers and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), that only they are serious about reining in an overextended, overspent government.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/08/wisconsin-state-senate-republicans_n_833058.html

[plumbob]

1. Hmmm, Republican greed and hypocrisy - whodathunk?

I would, of course, but I'm a suspicious cuss.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. That oughtta be helpful information when it comes to collecting signatures.

[madmax]

36. +10

[LiberalFighter]

49. They need to use specific info based on the target.

When out in the farm land they need to attack Republicans without this info.

[liberal N proud]

3. All the while they were surely demeaning them

[AlbertCat]

4. Yeah... but.... they needed them!

Actually, what Fed $$$ they get has nothing to do with what's going on... but it is a good reminder of character and the absurdity of Repug outrage and hysteria. Makes a good sound bite.

[Frisbee]

5. And were the situation reversed...

they wouldn't hesitate for a second to use it for political advantage, so why should the Democrats.

[russspeakeasy]

35. Because, for the most part, Dems are depressed and

depressed people have a tendency to do nothing but invite more
pain.

[Jackpine Radical]

43. You go hang out in a Madison demonstration for a while

and tell me those people are depressed.

It's pretty much a festival atmosphere, so incredibly different from what the media portray it to be.

[ck4829]

6. K&R

[DeSwiss]

7. Republican Welfare Deadbeats. - K&R n/t

[Enthusiast]

17. Freeloaders! nt

[TacticalPeek]

8. They better not let Alan Simpson catch them sucking so hard on the public teat.

He'll give 'em an enema, man, and sic poopy dogs on them, or whatever.

[tabatha]

12. lol

[madmax]

37. Bwaaahaaaa nt

[forty6]

41. GREAT POINT!!!!!!!!!!!! (I watched Rachel M., too!) n/t

[Dappleganger]

45. DUzy worthy!!

[glinda]

9. They must know Bachman's trick, eh?

[Bozita]

10. FUCKING WELFARE QUEENS - Socialism for the rich, free market capitalism for peons!

We call it democracy?

Welcome to the all new and improved America.

[madmax]

38. These hypocrites need a good

:spank: I hope all the local WI papers print this front page - above the fold.

[Divine Discontent]

11. oh of course! they have NO problem taking public cash like that. worse than hypocrites...

[JCMach1]

13. Let me guess... they will say they were 'entitled' to it!

:grr:

[Sherman A1]

21. Precisely

:argh:

[deacon]

14. Welfare queens. n/t

[vicarofrevelwood]

15. A bunch of do as I say Pukes!

[Enthusiast]

16. No surprise here. nt

[dotymed]

18. So goes America

and no masses taking to the streets (except in WI). We go out with a whimper. These legislators are being paid more than 2x the average, "well off" citizens (according to the teabaggers but somehow the billion$ the Koch brothers and other elites receive annually is fine), yet they beg for and get subsidization.
Where are our subsidies? Oh yeah our "entitlements" for the sick, elderly and disabled, are on the chopping block...Sounds right to me.

[SpiralHawk]

19. Republicon Socialism for the Rich

As usual - what hypocritical sleazeballs the Republicons are...

[TxVietVet]

20. The Wisconsin conservanazi Senators have a michelle bachmann moment.

Why am I not surprised by this. One of the conservanazis' greatest hero, bat sh!t crazy michelle bachmann (conservanazi) MN, draws a big farm subsidy check.

Hypocrisy, lying and greed are a conservanazi republiklan's greatest character traits.

[Harriety]

23. Bachmann moment

Bachmann is the queen of greed. And what's with her crazy
ranting about being "conservative" when she accepted
over $250 thou in farm subsidies? Is it
"conservative" to want to spend $700 thou on a
bridge in Stillwater that would cost about a third of that? 
Another bridge to nowhere woman is Bachmann. When it comes to
cut backs for others she's all for it. When it comes dolling
out more cash to her and her ilk, just let that money keep on
flowing.

[classof56]

44. First of all, welcome to DU. Glad to have you on board!

Second of all, just curious, but--how does that woman keep getting elected? Minnesotans I know are intelligent, level-headed, forward-thinking folk, as I see you are, so just can't figure why she keeps heading for DC instead of out the door to obscurity.

Peace, blessings and fair skies!

[geardaddy]

46. MN-6 is a heavily gerrymandered district

That's how she keeps getting elected.

[classof56]

47. Now I know. Thanks! n/t

[TxVietVet]

48. bachmann is goofier than a wooden clock.

batsh!t crazy bachmann.

:rofl:

[geckosfeet]

22. But, but - they are entitled to it. eom

[denem]

24. "small hog operations"

Color me shocked.

[beac]

25. BUSTED!

I cannot WAIT to hear their excuse! :rofl:

[ronnie624]

32. I don't think they'll have to make excuses.

This issue will receive little, if any coverage, by MSM.

[IScreamSundays]

26. scandalous!

really though it is not a lot of money over a 14 year period but..... don't get your claws out yet...

farm subsidies have never made sense to me. I have distant family members that are paid NOT to plant anything. WTF???

[Little Star]

27. Bastids!

[Kingofalldems]

28. K and R for the idiot freepers and teabaggers to read

[47of74]

33. +1

[Larkspur]

29. Can we nickname this Repuke "Boss Hog"

for his receipt of Taxpayer funds for his small hog operation?

[Hubert Flottz]

30. Yes but...

Only the entitled are entitled, anyone else is a "commie, socialist, tree hugging, fucking dead beat thug."

[concreteblue]

31. " "small hog operations""

I didn't realize Rush needed help!

[guitar man]

34. Drug test them

Isn't that the en vogue thing among the right wing now, drug testing for all welfare recipients? :shrug:

[rurallib]

39. Iowa senator Charles (UpChuck) Grassley and family have skimmed over

a cool million in farm subsidies. He said once he deserved them.

[drm604]

40. K&R

Hopefully Rachel and Ed will talk about this.

[geardaddy]

42. Michele Bachmann takes farm subsidies from her WI farm.

I hate her.

[BigAnth]

52. How much???

[geardaddy]

53. 250K

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

[BigAnth]

50. Hey, don't be so hard on them.

They're republicans. They worked hard for their hundreds of thousands in government handouts.

[Pryderi]

51. Is this story somewhere else? I don't want to click huffpo links any longer.