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Title: Bachmann's Brood - Big Bucks Bonanza? Post by: Howey on July 06, 2011, 05:00:31 pm I knew the story of Michelle Bachmann and her bunch of 'foster children' would be deserving of attention. But this is scary - and I gotta admit - quite the profitable venture.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/07/michele-bachmanns-foster-care-paradox.php 23 kids nobody knows anything about? All young women with psychiatric disorders receiving care through Medicaid. Looking even further, her husband is a therapist raking in big bucks treating young women with psychological problems, raking in 137k for "treating" the kids? Over and above the $585 - 699 per kid PER MONTH (plus expenses) paid to her by the state? 23 kids...anyone got a calculator? But she wants to get rid of Medicaid? She wants to get rid of government regulation of her cash cow? Could it be tied in with her other proposal to rape our schools of federal funds and funnel that money into non-regulated (evangelical) home schooling? Title: Re: Bachmann's Brood - Big Bucks Bonanza? Post by: FooFa on July 06, 2011, 09:55:55 pm I saw one piece on her about claiming to have not profited from the kids and maybe slightly indirectly but they definitely made bank from that gaggle. Title: Re: Bachmann's Brood - Big Bucks Bonanza? Post by: ekg on July 06, 2011, 10:23:12 pm I had read something a few weeks ago that the 23 number is made up by her. The records that are available show like 7 kids in total.. but since it's from a private foster parenting group, they don't have any records to prove or disprove any number
Title: Re: Bachmann's Brood - Big Bucks Bonanza? Post by: Howey on July 07, 2011, 05:22:52 pm I had read something a few weeks ago that the 23 number is made up by her. The records that are available show like 7 kids in total.. but since it's from a private foster parenting group, they don't have any records to prove or disprove any number I'd like to see that link. I do know she's got her own kids too. Maybe that was about tthem? |