Exclusive: Democrats push tax hikes first in deficit talks

Reuters ^ | Sep 30, 2011 | Richard Cowan and Tim Reid

[Go Gordon]

except that portion for grants and scholarships which we’ll return to the states as block grants.

Screw that. No grants and no scholarships with taxpayer money - PERIOD.

[Go Gordon]

Let’s cut oil and bio-fuel subsidies. (See which industry survives).

Just so I understand your point, what subsidies do oil companies get? I am not aware of any.

[Mike Darancette]

I’m using the vernacular of the liberal here; most of what oil gets is deductions allowed any citizen or business. Getting reimbursed for adding ethanol to fuel could be considered a subsidy though. My point is that the bio-fuel industry is not sustainable without subsidies.