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To: Berlin_Freeper
As for the farm, she said it belonged to her father-in-law. "It's not my husband and my farm," Bachmann said. "And my husband and I have never gotten a penny of money from the farm."

As the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday, however, in financial disclosure forms, Bachmann reported receiving between $32,503 and $105,000 in income from the farm, at minimum, between 2006 and 2009.

Why the discrepancy? This is what bothers me about Bachmann - she apparently feels no obligation to address issues such as this, and would rather just pretend they don't exist.

33 posted on 06/26/2011 12:14:27 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy
As for the farm, she said it belonged to her father-in-law. "It's not my husband and my farm

I guess the ethics laws for Congress are different than those for federal govenment employees. That is not enough degrees of separation to avoid a conflict of interest for civilian employees.

35 posted on 06/26/2011 12:17:17 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (JMO but I reserve the right to be wrong...)
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