To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; ...
...protesters angered by rising prices booed him and set off dynamite... There were also protests in the Bolivian capital of La Paz, and the cities of Santa Cruz and Cochabamba... over a near doubling in the price of sugar after the government lifted subsidies. The president's popularity has plummeted since he tried to lift subsidies on gasoline, flour and sugar in December. He subsequently abandoned the effort...
All together now -- this is all due to U.S. ethanol subsidies. Thanks Ernest.
18 posted on
02/12/2011 12:15:52 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
That ethanol theme seems pretty common around here.
Out of here for a nice warm afternoon.
To: SunkenCiv
All together now -- this is all due to U.S. ethanol subsidies. Thanks Ernest.
Not really. Frost in Mexico and the American south. Floods in Australia, drought in China.
41 posted on
02/13/2011 1:41:02 PM PST by
rmlew
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