Posted on 03/07/2015 4:08:04 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
It’s amazing to me how many times Walker has “changed his mind” on some things since deciding to run for prez. How can anyone know what the man really believes or what policy he will have once he is in office?
Oh well, it seems he is still evolving.
Don’t worry. Come Monday he’ll become aware of the backlash and will send out his spokesmen to “clarify” his remarks.
Does he realize how ethanol has raised the price of food? How bad it is for engines? And how wrong it is for the government to be mandating the purchase of anything? Except for the farmers most people in WI hate ethanol.
Yes. Ted Cruz. He told them that it was “corporate welfare”.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/295486721.html
Both Jindal and Rubio are opposed as well.
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/topic/ted-cruz/
“A drop dead cut off will be devastating to Iowa.”
As would a repeal of Obamacare be devasting to the insurance companies and people who would be left un-insured?
How about the companies that make those curly lightbulbs? Would they be devastated if the ban of incandescents were lifted?
Any decision is going to leave winners and losers. This ethanol nonsense has cost the people boatloads of money in increased food costs and repair costs.
Government mandates are bad policy if you want small government. The government made a choice to mandate that garbage at the expense of taxpayers. Who was worried about us? The farmers can go back to growing corn for food. The government made them winners when they mandated enthanol and we were the losers. Now the shoe will be on the other foot. It was wrong policy and needs to be put right. The government shouldn’t be picking winners or losers.
I will say you are overdoing this, as are some others here. He wants to phase them out, along with other green subsidies. I don't think that's a deal killer of any kind, and you are exaggerating his approval of these things.
“I’ve also talked directly with farmers who have families to support and bills to pay, who agree with the decrease in subsidies (for typical farmers they are not a big deal), but they need a transition period rather than cold-turkey”
You mean like we got when the price of food skyrocketed? Tough. They should have banked some of the windfall from the ethanol sales.
Do you see how many instant Walkerites I’m up against? They popped-up like mushrooms after a Spring rain once he started to get popular.
We don't need to be part of the circular firing squad, trying to take out another decent candidate by exaggerating their views or railing against them to push our own. I've seen the lies and exaggerations on the Walker threads, and it sickens me. Save your fire for Jeb, not another conservative.
Cruz can do fine on his own, he's got the whole package. Go Cruz!
Conservatives back government subsidized fuels, steps to illegals gaining citizenship and Common Core?
You know, pissant used to do this crap on the Palin threads. I hated that too.
Peace, I have no argument with another Cruz supporter, we just don't want to end up being like pissant.
You’re comparing me to pissant? Seriously?
The difference between the MSM’s treatment of Palin and Cruz is completely opposite. MenSeekingMen set out with everything they had to destroy Palin, with the help of Nichole Wallace and Steve Schmidt AND McLettuce.
They’re completely ignoring Cruz, denying him any name recognition whatsoever, while even FNC has coronated Walker who is now on his 4th major flip-flop.
Walker’s campaign has been handed everything he could ever ask for in MSM coverage, including Rush and Matt Drudge.
The least he could do is honestly nail down and present to us what he’d really do as POTUS, especially since Cruz dwarfs him on every single policy position. Cruz started out being 100% of what we need. Walker zig-zags to keep himself out of stating hard positions.
Ignore the Walkerbot ...
For Immediate Release
Walker Campaign Launches Radio Ad Supporting Ethanol Mandate
Ad is second in a series highlighting the differences between Scott Walker and his opponent, Senator Ted Cruz.
(Wauwatosa,) Continuing to define the differences between the candidates for President, Republican candidate for President and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker today launched his second in a series of radio ads. Today's ad highlights the difference between Scott Walker and Senator Ted Cruz on the ethanol mandate. Walker supports the mandate, while Cruz opposes requiring consumers to use the product.
—Scott Walker said it best, "government is the solution to our problems, government is not the problem".
—"Currently we do not have a problem with big government in Madison. On principle I can support this proposal."
Walker cited legislation currently pending in the Wisconsin Legislature (Assembly Bill 69) which would require all mid-grade gasoline sold in Wisconsin to contain 10% ethanol. The bill is currently being considered by the Wisconsin State Senate.
—"While I do support the mandate, I do not have a problem with ethanol," said Walker.
—"I support Wisconsin's farmers; my mother was born and raised on a farm. I was honored to get awards from the Wisconsin Farm Bureau as a member of the State Legislature," Walker added.
—"However, it is clear to me that a big government mandate is the way to support the farmers of this state." Walker's radio ad points out that his opponent, Senator Ted Cruz, does not support the ethanol mandate. Walker does not feels this policy will hurt Wisconsin jobs in the long run.
—"Central planning will help our family farmers, protect our environment, and provide jobs," said Walker.
—"The free enterprise system must not drive innovation to relieve our dependence on foreign oil, only mandates from the state or federal government can do this."
For your convenience, I have include a link to Scott Walker's hypocritical March 7, 2006, radio ad which shows him opposing the ethanol mandate.
Yup...and that's why the SCOTUS will rule to allow Obamacare subsidies...and dump the hot steaming mess back in Congress lap...
How about the companies that make those curly lightbulbs? Would they be devastated if the ban of incandescents were lifted?
No, because they are only part of a company portfolio of products...but I get your point...
The government shouldn’t be picking winners or losers.
So true, but then how will they line their pockets and control us...?
Most reports say Cruz made a good impression even standing firm against Ethanol mandates. That’s doing pretty good!
My feeling about any government mandate is that if it is bad, you eliminate it. As soon as possible. It doesn’t ban people from doing what was once mandated, but it is no longer a mandate.
Do you think that if the minimum wage was killed that suddenly McDonalds would give everyone a $5 an hour pay cut? But if a mandate is REALLY bad, it means the activity WOULD cease immediately. That’s the thing. If the mandate is so bad that that would happen, then the mandate needs to be killed as soon as possible.
And it is not ethical to keep it just to prop up an industry. As was said, that makes it raw corporate welfare.
I’m surrounded by corn where I live. So are my friends in Nebraska. Is there no international market for it?
Seems food prices would collapse. That is a good thing. Any collapsing prices are good. It increases deflation and reduces tax income.
Starve the beast.
Is the DNC now posting on FR trying to suppress the vote?
No. It’s from the book, “101 Things to do Before the Revolution. Written in the 90’s by Claire Wolfe. A lot of us were ahead of our time on this.
Judge a party by its actions. The R’s actions makes them look like idiots. Yet they are not. So there is something else driving their capitulation to Obama and D’s in general. I think the whole thing has proven itself to be theater. They are two sides of the same coin. They are playing good cop, bad cop with us.
I stopped playing.
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