They can drink their ethanol for all I care.
McCain needs to forget about Iowa. Way too much time there for those agribusiness welfare addicts.
I'll drink to that!
I can’t quite understand why the ethanol issue is a make-or-break in IA. I am in Wisconsin, just across the River.
Corn futures are back down under $4 and I hear stories every week about hard times for ethanol, including refineries going bankrupt.Farmers are split, here, on things like CRP/Managed Forest Lands. On one hand, they help pay taxes/reduce taxes, on the other, you have bureaucrats living inside your fence lines, dedicated to finding ways to make you jump through hoops, cutting your payment and demanding you pay them back for various infractions that can be erroneous. Cash payments are taxable. The loan programs are just that: loans that need to be paid back. Yes, I have met a few who brag about making hundreds of thousands on CRP, but, they ae not only braggarts, but usually unpopular, as well. Again: CRP payments are taxable income and come with built-in aggravation.
I remember when Iowan Democrats were backing Jesse Jackson’s nomination. I think it is just a liberal state, for whatever reason. Maybe unionized industry, like packing plants and in the cities? I wonder if there is a difference between Eastern and Western Iowa?