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Carson in Iowa: Use oil subsidies for ethanol
The Hill ^ | 5/6/15 | Devin Henry

Posted on 10/24/2015 6:51:14 AM PDT by jimbo123

Newly minted Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told an Iowa audience on Tuesday that he would use the savings from ending oil industry subsidies to pay for new ethanol blending stations.

Carson, in his first speech in the state as a candidate, was asked by a voter about the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the federal mandate that fuel refiners blend a certain volume of ethanol and biodiesel into their gasoline and diesel supplies. "I don't particularly like the idea of government subsidies for anything because it interferes with the natural free market," Carson said, according to The Des Moines Register.

“Therefore, I would probably be in favor of taking that $4 billion a year we spend on oil subsidies and using that in new fueling stations" for 30 percent ethanol blends, he added.

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KEYWORDS: bencarson; ethanol; ethanolpimp; iowa
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Amnesty pimp and ethanol pimp.
1 posted on 10/24/2015 6:51:14 AM PDT by jimbo123
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Just how is this guy any damn different than the clowns we already have ?


2 posted on 10/24/2015 6:53:24 AM PDT by onona (something pithy this way comes)
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To: jimbo123

Next. Carson is now toast - well to me anyway.


3 posted on 10/24/2015 6:53:51 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Section 20.)
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THE FARMERS will love to here that.

It'll keep corn and soy prices up.

4 posted on 10/24/2015 6:53:56 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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This right here ought to be enough to not vote for this man, even without his equivocating on 2nd Amendment rights and on amnesty. It’s pandering to big corn and Iowa votes is what it is. Ethanol destroys parts of systems in which it is used, let alone not delivering the energy equivalent of gasoline.


5 posted on 10/24/2015 6:54:13 AM PDT by Gaffer
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He's not the only ethanol pimp out there.

Donald Trump supports Renewable Fuel Standard
6 posted on 10/24/2015 6:55:25 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: jimbo123

Ben Carson may be a brain surgeon, but he doesn’t know squat about energy.

We need to end ALL ethanol subsidies.


7 posted on 10/24/2015 6:55:27 AM PDT by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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Speaking personally... Ethanol as it’s used in Gasoline-Ethanol blends is a bad thing for engines big and small. And as such it should be the choice of the consumer on which they would use, Gasohol or straight gasoline.

Sort of like cigarettes, cigars and e-cigs.

But no... the government in all of it’s ‘nannyness’ just has to get involved.


8 posted on 10/24/2015 6:55:45 AM PDT by The Working Man
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Amnesty pimp and ethanol pimp.


Yep. Sell out for a vote. I will absolutely rule him out because of this.


9 posted on 10/24/2015 6:56:26 AM PDT by boycott
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Disgusting pandering.

I so hope Trump takes him down.


10 posted on 10/24/2015 6:56:48 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: mountn man

THE FARMERS?

You mean Archer Daniels Midland and the other large ethanol leeches.


11 posted on 10/24/2015 6:56:50 AM PDT by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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30% ethanol won’t even power a lawnmower


12 posted on 10/24/2015 6:57:58 AM PDT by Tula Git (There IS a coup in America and it's on track and almost complete.)
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To: onona

Just how is this guy any damn different than the clowns we already have ?

Not a dime’s worth of difference.

I will rule him out because of this. He is clearly selling out.


13 posted on 10/24/2015 6:58:10 AM PDT by boycott
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Hey Dr. Feelgood, the Commies murdered more citizens through starvation than with rifles!

It doesn't take a brain surgeon!

14 posted on 10/24/2015 6:58:43 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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Was he in Iowa when he said that?

All we need to know now is where he sill STUMP next to find out what he is FOR or Against.

No Carson....not now, not ever.

15 posted on 10/24/2015 6:59:54 AM PDT by annieokie
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Embarrassing pandering. Also, there are no oil subsidies.


16 posted on 10/24/2015 6:59:56 AM PDT by wideawake
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Does this idiot know what ethanol does to combustion engines? Does he know what it does to fuel mileage? I guess he has now revealed his true character. When in one audience, cater to them. When in a different audience, cater to them. Screw ethics, standards and moral convictions in order to get a few extra votes.


17 posted on 10/24/2015 7:00:20 AM PDT by Go Gordon (Barack McGreevey Obama)
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To: Bryan24
In the lion's den.

Cruz Applauded for Rejecting Ethanol Subsidies at Iowa Ag Summit
18 posted on 10/24/2015 7:00:26 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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what part of “ “I don’t particularly like the idea of government subsidies for anything because it interferes with the natural free market,” Carson said” don’t you understand?


19 posted on 10/24/2015 7:01:21 AM PDT by bigbob
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“30% ethanol won’t even power a lawnmower”

Oh, it will. For a very short time.
Even 15% ethanol will destroy 2 cycle and 4 stroke powered engines. Guess you can use a machete to trim those weeds....


20 posted on 10/24/2015 7:02:21 AM PDT by 9422WMR ("Ignorance can be cured by education, but stupidity is forever.")
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