It's the thin edge of the wedge. People point to government handouts to justify more handouts. That's how we've gone from a federal government that spent 2.5 percent of GDP to spending 25 percent of GDP in 100 years. It's always the same argument. If you slice the budget salami thin enough you always have to argue against spending "only 1/2 of one percent of the budget".
I don’t know how old you are but are you planning to get Social Security and use Medicare?
No. Absolutely not. If I did that, if I took so much as a nickel from the government, how could I possibly answer to people who promote these idiot programs that require us to burn food? They would call me a hypocrite.
Reminds me of something I read about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Back in that day there was a guy in charge of the county courthouse in Chicago. He was legendary in trying to save the taxpayer’s money. He would ration out the supply of paper clips for example.
Well O’Leary’s cow kicked over the lamp and soon the fire was headed for the courthouse. Workers and onlookers soon arrived to help move valuable stuff out of the courthouse. The guy in charge of the courthouse refused to let them do it. Why something would get stolen or broken and he wasn’t going make the taxpayers pay for that foolishness.
They left everything in the building from irreplaceable records to expensive furniture. The fire department tried to save it but soon it was engulfed in flames.
The social programs is like the Chicago Fire. Worrying about ethanol is like worrying about a bathtub overflowing on the Titanic.
Hell with the price of gasoline edging towards $4.00 I don’t see the need for ethanol subsidies but there is a lot more important things to worry about.