Welfare....

With the recent hubbub over a Mexican flag at a Magic Valley high school and the ensuing debate over what it means to be American and the services that "illegals" get it is interesting to note the WELFARE that some of the Idaho Legislature receive.

From the unequivocal notion comes the following information:

Too busy to debate

No, this time it isn't Sali or Risch, it's House Majority Leader Mike Moyle. Seems he's too busy to debate with Nancy Merrill for the upcoming Republican primary. He says that he's too busy farming, I'd say he's too busy collecting farm subsidies.

Welfare is only bad when poor people are using it to feed their kids.

Updated

While I realize that the fact that Idaho Legislator-farmers receiving farm subsidies is not anything new, it's still pretty interesting. You can have some fun on the Farm Subsidy Database website.

Rep. Thomas F. Loertscher (R)'s interests: $943,937 from 1995-2006
Rep. Mike Moyle (R): $147,844 from 1995-2006
Rep. Dell Raybould (R)'s interests: $715,905 from 1995-2006
Rep. John Stevenson (R): $179,340 from 1995-2001
Rep. Tom Trail (R)'s interests: $69,906 from 1995-2002

Interesting. I wish I had access to that amount of free money$$$. The rich get richer....like always. I guess. Think about this when you go to vote!