[Gaffer]

If it needs a subsidy it isn’t real.

[ME-262]

If it needs a subsidy it isn’t real.
So the petroleum industry isn't real then? Agriculture isn't real? higher education isn't real? Dairy isn't real? Poor people aren't real? Big Bird isn't real? I'm shattered!(i guess you win on Big Bird, our government has figured out how to subsidize the fictional varmint.) Mortgage interest isn't real? tell my bank!

most everything gets subsidized these days through no fault of its own, but politicians buying votes with your money. FWIW: the Blenders subsidy winds up in petroleum industry hands not in the hands of farmers or distillers. Ethanol production is not being subsidized, the Petroleum industry is being paid off to participate in what is leading to the reduction of their transportation fuel monopoly.

A single cliche does not make an adequate rebuttal in this case.