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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 11:02 AM Jan 2016

The Bundy Clan on welfare

5 Taxpayer Handouts the Bundys Receive While Railing Against Government “Tyranny”

Nearly every part of the Bundy family’s business is funded by government welfare programs.

The armed militiamen currently occupying the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon have attempted to portray an image of themselves as rugged, independent Americans rejecting government interference in their businesses. But nearly every part of their existence as ranchers is made possible by government welfare programs — even the building they’re depending on for shelter from the cold was built by federal tax dollars as part of the New Deal program. Here are just a few ways taxpayers are subsidizing the livelihoods of cattle ranchers like the Bundy family:

http://usuncut.com/news/5-government-handouts-bundys-receive/
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