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I have no issue with Bachmann's husband receiving Medicaid funds while wanting to end medicaid. I don't consider it any more hypocritical than me cashing the Bush-era tax rebate check while opposing the decision to issue those checks. One can argue that the overall effects of an existing program are detrimental while legally taking advantage of that law without being a hypocrite, in my opinion. Perhaps if Bachmann has been vilifying those who do accept help (rather than vilifying the system itself), then there's some hypocrisy. I haven't looked very closely at what she's said about such programs, so I don't know.
But here's what I have a bigger issue with (assuming this is accurate - I just tried to verify it...but Minnesota's state website is shutdown. grrr)
This apparently is in the contract for the grant:
"XXIII.3 “GRANTEE agrees that no religious based counseling shall take place under the auspices of this grant.”
Front page of the Bachmann and Associates clinic website:
"Bachmann & Associates believes in providing all clients with quality Christian counseling in a sensitive, loving environment, and in treating all clients with the utmost professionalism, dignity, and care."
Ummmmmm
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