LA TIMES: "Sen. Joni Ernst learned to 'live within her means' -- on the taxpayer's dime"

[George II]

124. I checked a few sources - they did use bread bags with their shoes in that area...

...but it wasn't a regular practice, only on "special" days, but whatever.

The point of this discussion, bread bags notwithstanding, is that her father, uncle, and grandfather took advantage of Federal programs to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. These are the types of programs that she claims to be against.

The fact that the available information only goes back to 1995 doesn't necessarily mean that they didn't similar subsidies earlier. It would seem might coincidental that all three began receiving these subsidies in 1995 - that would be highly coincidental. No doubt this started years before that, but the available records only begin in 1995.

And chances are that if their subsidy receipts amounted in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, they didn't suddenly become farmers in 1995.

Another interesting tidbit about her hypocrisy, and this isn't from the LA Times:

( http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/sen-joni-ernsts-family-actually-received-more-than-460000-in-federal-subsidies/ )

Radio Iowa reported last May that Ernst said she “philosophically opposed” to federal farm subsidies during a GOP primary debate. However, she added, she would continue to support them if elected.

“Reality is that with the subsidies, unless we’re eliminating all of them across the board at the same time for every sector out there, then I’ll go ahead and support those subsidies,” she said at the time.

I can just imagine the family discussions around the kitchen table when the subject of these subsidies came up!!!