MnIndy’s Birkey discusses Bachmann’s tax-subsidized family business on DC radio

The Minnesota Independent’s story about nearly $30,000 in state funds going to the Christian mental health clinic run by Rep. Michele Bachmann’s husband is drawing national interest. Yesterday, reporter Andy Birkey discussed his reporting with Gloria Minott, host of “Metro Watch” on Washington, D.C.–based radio station WPFW-FM. Bachmann is a vocal opponent of what she terms “socialized medicine” and “government handouts,” but as Birkey told WPFW listeners, the clinic run by Marcus Bachmann received at least $27,564 from the taxpayer-funded Medical Assistance program. Additionally, a Bachmann family farm that the representative has a financial stake in has taken in more than $250,000 in farm subsidies.

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