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First rule of civilization:
DO NOT BURN YOUR FOOD!...................
We are going to end up destroying each other and Jebbie will win the nomination.
Finally! A candidate with pair.
No more pander bears!
He's killing Cruz in Iowa polls, Go Walker!
I can recall the 1970s when ethanol was touted as an “extending additive” to gasoline so that our local supplies weren’t over-demanded. There was no consideration, under JimmahCahrtahr regarding the so-called oxygenting properties of EtOH.
Sheep...meet your ethanol wolves.
Every cloud has a silver lining: The ethanol mandate is finally getting the kind of attention it deserves.
It should be noted that Walker did call for a phase out of ethanol during his speech in Iowa.
As my colleague Phil Klein aptly put it, “if Scott Walker can’t stand up to Iowans, how will he stand up to the Islamic State?”
So called Iowa Conservatives are very happy to suck at the government ag teat. This will not play well there or in the midwest.
He is right, of course. It is government planning and crony capitalism that costs us money multiple ways.
I like this guy. If he survives to the Georgia Primary, he has my vote.
Walker walks.
The switch grates on me, but doesn’t really surprise me. I haven’t read what he said specifically, but I’d put a lot more weight on his comment that it needs to be phased out eventually than on his supposed current support.
He’s after the Iowa vote. If he doesn’t get it, he’s unlikely to be President, so he “adjusts” his position a bit, accepting the reality of the present situation (ethanol is, in fact, already subsidized) and points in the direction the subsidy should go (Down...eventually).
It’s very similar to his Right to Work play. He called it a distraction and didn’t advocate for it, and signed the bill today. I fully anticipate that he would sign a similar national bill phasing out ethanol subsidies, and that the GOP Congress would put just such a bill in front of him.
Is he pandering? Yes. Does pandering work? Hell yes; the Dems have been doing it with a high success rate for decades now, but if I was an Iowa farmer dependent on ethanol subsidies, I’d be looking for a way to adjust my business plan if Walker is elected President.
Still, his flip-flop grates and I’m sure he thought long and hard before doing so, but then he does have a track record for getting elected, and he also has a track record of taking on the Left after he’s elected. That all counts.
Time to see if Iowans really are as beholden to Big Ethanol as some people think they are.
so did he say the opposite now?
or is this just a rhetorical question from this alleged ‘reporter’ designed to look like he actually reversed himself ?
Anyone...
How much of the corn crop goes into ethonal? Does it come from the human corn,
animal feed corn or both? If corn wasn’t going into ethanol what
would it be used for?
Any info is appreciated.
Please: Some Conservative needs to stand up against the Corn Lobby.
They Ruin Gas Mileage by putting food in your tank!
Walker vehemently opposed the ethanol mandate back in 2006
So he was against it before he was for it?
“I support biofuels and ethanol. ... I also don’t think Washington should be picking winners and losers,” Cruz said. ...
Walker said that he favored drawing down federal tax credits for wind power over time and opposed mandatory labeling of foods made from genetically modified crops. This is one of those where I believe it’s served its purpose,” Walker said of the credits. “I would support phasing that out over a period of time.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3265522/posts
...”Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said he would continue the subsidies for now but phase them out once ethanol producers are assured access to markets. “I think eventually you can get to that,” he said. “But you can’t get to that unless you deal with market access.”...
“...Saturday’s forum also was an opportunity for likely contenders to display knowledge of rural issues and connect with Iowa’s farmers. Walker waxed nostalgic about growing up as the son of a Baptist preacher in the small Iowa town of Plainfield, where he said he learned that “farming isn’t just a business, it’s a way of life.”....
I am disappointed in his position in this area. But in the overall scheme of things, this is just one thing to consider in my overall evaluation of Walker as a candidate. This by itself would not be enough to sway me one way or another, and when balanced against what he has actually accomplished in Wisconsin is actually pretty minor in influencing my judgment of him.