Rand Paul says father-in-law did receive farm subsidies that Paul says he is against

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http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/article_db0969d4-b36f-5748-b15a-0294a68f1fb3.html

Rand Paul says father-in-law did get farm subsidy • U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul's campaign acknowledged Friday that his in-laws had benefited from federal farm subsidies that he has been criticizing in stump speeches. Paul, a Tea Party-backed Republican, has been critical of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's farm subsidy program even though his father-in-law received more than $10,000 in payments over 12 years. The revelation brought accusations of hypocrisy from his opponent's camp.

[mike r]

1. Damn socialist

:sarcasm:

[Scurrilous]

2. K & R

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[ck4829]

3. "It's not socialism when WE get the money." K&R.

[madinmaryland]

4. That's why they are call the "something for nothing crowd"

Private profits and socialize losses.

[felinetta]

5. They never have a problem when they benefit, they think they are owed it, but screw everyone else.

[Celebration]

6. Can't stand the guy

But there really isn't any hypocrisy here, sorry. It is his father in law, for one thing. Even if he had taken farm subsidies, but he was against them in general, that is not hypocritical. What would be hypocritical would be for him to be in favor of them and vote for them.

Is a Democrat who is wealthy that wants to raise taxes on the wealthy hypocritical for taking advantage of various tax breaks? Even though he is against those tax breaks? No.

Rand Paul is pretty disgusting but not for this.