MSNBC's Ed Schultz talking about Bachmann's excessive spending:
This is actually an old story... Karl Bremer has written about Bachmann's excessive use of franking as far back as April 5, 2007:
MICHELE BACHMANN SENDS OUT CAMPAIGN FLIER—AND LETS TAXPAYERS LICK THE STAMPS
by Karl Bremer
Michele Bachmann appears to have forgotten that she’s a member of Congress now spending taxpayers’ dollars instead of a candidate for Congress spending her campaign’s money. Because the mailing “prepared, published and mailed at taxpayer expense” that she sent out to constituents recently had all the appearances of a piece of campaign literature masquerading as “official business.”
Observed a 6th Congressional District Dump Bachmann tipster in the Postal Service:
“I have been delivering franking-privilege mail for years, and I have never seen anything like the one she sent out. Usually they just use a plain old white envelope, but she sent out a color flat-size mailing that looked like a campaign ad. She must have spent a lot of money at taxpayers expense.”
What’s more, our congresswoman has again thumbed her nose at the rules and used a self-addressed return survey card that will force each and every card to be handled manually at additional cost to the taxpayers.
Explains our friendly 6th CD Postman:
“She sure didn't consult the P.O. about the return address for the survey. There was no barcode or FIM mark on it and no place for the OCR to spray a barcode—so the letters will all have to be handled manually, which is many times more expensive than automation-compatible mail for the Post Office.”
H/T Leftist Grandpa
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Ed Schulz reports 7% hike in Congressmen's MRAs (Members Representational Allowance.) Schultz claims that Michele Bachmann is one of the biggest spenders in Congress, burning through more than $380,000 of taxpayer money in the first quarter of this year, 2009. That's over $100,000 more than the average member of Congress spent. |
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