Since this gal is/was a pig farmer, I might assume that like Ms. Bachmann, they might have been recieving farm subsidies. Eighty percent of all farms in Iowa participates in the program.
Here's hoping that one of her first orders of business is to get rid of this giveaway in order to reduce the debt.
Will not hold my breath.
The truth about her family’s farm roots and living within one’s means, however, is more complex. Relatives of Ernst (née: Culver), based in Red Oak, Iowa (population: 5,568) have received over $460,000 in farm subsidies between 1995 and 2009. Ernst’s father, Richard Culver, was given $14,705 in conservation payments and $23,690 in commodity subsidies by the federal government–with all but twelve dollars allocated for corn support. Richard’s brother, Dallas Culver, benefited from $367,141 in federal agricultural aid, with over $250,000 geared toward corn subsidies. And the brothers’ late grandfather Harold Culver received $57,479 from Washington—again, mostly corn subsidies—between 1995 and 2001. He passed away in January 2003.That's some good welfare.