A Freedom of Information Act request filed by The Huffington Post with three separate federal agencies reveals that on at least 16 separate occasions, Bachmann petitioned the federal government for direct financial help or aid. A large chunk of those requests were for funds set aside through President Obama’s stimulus program, which Bachmann once labeled “fantasy economics.” Bachmann made two more of those requests to the Environmental Protection Agency, an institution that she has suggested she would eliminate if she were in the White House.
From Michele Bachmann Repeatedly Sought Stimulus, EPA, Other Government Funds
She was just asking for some of that common sense spending that helps her and not that evil socialist spending that helps other people.
