Posted on 12/13/2015 11:44:09 AM PST by conservativejoy
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Cruz is right on this issue. I do wish that Trump and Cruz would lay off each other. One of them is going to be the candidate and I want them in good shape.
I totally disagree with Trump on this issue.
But the only issue that I am voting on is immigration.
That is the only issue that matters
I agree and don’t understand why they are going after each other.
Trump: If you like Corporate Welfare for the Chamber of Crony Capitalists, Vote for ME!
Not with you on this one, Donald. Pork is pork and is the sign of a fattened government.
Populist Demagogue (Trump) vs Principled Conservative (Cruz)
It’s becoming clear now.
It’s a Mandate to require use of Ethanol, not a Subsidy.
Don’t agree with Mandates, but this is a non issue. There is NO Congress that will get rid of the Ethanol Mandate in Fuel.
As I said before, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley is the King of Ethanol and his successor, Democrat or Republican will follow in that tradition.
Populist Demagogue (Trump) vs Principled Conservative (Cruz)
Trump needs to get on board with Cruz on ethanol subsidies. They’re costing all of us billions. Eliminate them, let the free market sort it out.
And conservative Steve King is King for ethanol which puts him at odds with Cruz or maybe not.
“Crop flop: Cruz panders to King Corn
Union Leader ^ | December 12, 2015 | Editorial “
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3372105/posts?page=59
Government subsidies and mandates for ethanol destroy liberty and distort economic signals. They also have the effect of tying the price of food to the substitution price of hydrocarbons from oil. In a time when the federal government is printing or borrowing over 40% of the money it spends, a balanced budget can only be achieved by cutting every possible subsidy.
Corn is subsidized in addition to the ethanol mandate. I know a lot corn farmers who are subsidized.
But it’s right there in the U S Constitution, in the section on taxpayer subsidies to corporations. /sarc
Great, now I can’t even enjoy Corn on the Cob and Popcorn anymore.
Thanks a lot. LOL
From what I have seen, Trump has only come out in favor of ethanol. Nowhere has he actually stated that he supports mandates and subsidies specifically...or am I mistaken?
As an alternative, instead of offering agribusiness huge subsidies to produce ethanol, how about offering them a free market, a brand *new* free market, using marginal land instead of their high quality farmland, to make them billions of dollars?
This means to open the floodgates to legal hemp production.
In its first few years of full production, hemp might generate between $3-12 billion dollars to the economy, for products to include paper, textiles, oil, high quality animal fodder, and many other products. It would also employ one or two hundred thousand Americans.
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