“The subsidy is paid at the blending of gasoline. It is paid regardless of the source. If we eliminated the tariff, the subsidy would still be paid, but we would be promoting the foreign import over domestic production without the tariff.”
You appear to be forgetting about these subsidies.
http://farm.ewg.org/progdetail.php?fips=00000&progcode=corn
How many of those are tied to production values? How many would actually result in less paid if more was produced? How many would be paid regardless?
I am not promoting the subsidies. But the poster seemed to be talking about the blender credit subsidy. I definitely do not want to be paying a subsidy to foreign produced ethanol.