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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSen. Joni Ernst’s family actually received more than $460,000 in federal subsidies
Despite Sen. Joni Ernsts (R-IA) rhetoric about growing up poor on Tuesday night, her family actually received hundreds of thousands of dollars in government aid between 1995 and 2009, the District Sentinel news co-op reported.
Farm subsidy records indicate that the freshman senators father, Richard Culver, has received $38,395 in commodity subsidies and conservation payments, with all but $12 of the money being used for support of his corn crops. Ernsts uncle, Dallas Culver, has reportedly received $250,000 in federal corn subsidies and $117,141 in additional aid. And her paternal grandfather, Harold Culver, got an additional $57,479 in aid between 1995 and 2001.
Ernst did not mention her familys use of federal programs during her response to the State of the Union. Instead, she said she was raised simply and taught to live within her means.
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/sen-joni-ernsts-family-actually-received-more-than-460000-in-federal-subsidies/
Farm subsidy records indicate that the freshman senators father, Richard Culver, has received $38,395 in commodity subsidies and conservation payments, with all but $12 of the money being used for support of his corn crops. Ernsts uncle, Dallas Culver, has reportedly received $250,000 in federal corn subsidies and $117,141 in additional aid. And her paternal grandfather, Harold Culver, got an additional $57,479 in aid between 1995 and 2001.
Ernst did not mention her familys use of federal programs during her response to the State of the Union. Instead, she said she was raised simply and taught to live within her means.
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/sen-joni-ernsts-family-actually-received-more-than-460000-in-federal-subsidies/
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Sen. Joni Ernst’s family actually received more than $460,000 in federal subsidies (Original Post)
Electric Monk
Jan 2015
OP
Actually, not really that much money if you divide by three and over 14 years. Is
Laura PourMeADrink
Jan 2015
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Skidmore
(37,364 posts)1. Joni is against the very programs her family has profited from
or so that is how she campaigned. Joni Ernst is a fraud.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)2. Reminds me of Michele Bachmann
Laurian
(2,593 posts)3. Of course they did.
No surprise. The "I got mine, f*** you " is one of the strongest tenets of the Republican Party.
mythology
(9,527 posts)4. That's different
because see, Joni's family deserved it, where as those other people on financial assistance are just lazy. Don't ask her to explain it because it's complicated and stuff. Yes that's it.
It's not that she's a hypocritical piece of crap.
UTUSN
(70,742 posts)5. Sounds like:
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)6. Actually, not really that much money if you divide by three and over 14 years. Is
is....averaged out $32k a year divided by three.
whatever....what is much more important is how stupid and moronic she sounded. Like she was talking to 5th graders.
It made me want to puke
And the whole thing about the bread bags over shoes - was crazy - like what is she trying to say? things were really bad back then?? How does that apply to today?
WillyT
(72,631 posts)7. K & R !!!