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Trump calls for higher ethanol mandate
The Hill ^ | 1/19/2016 | Timothy Kama

Posted on 01/19/2016 12:47:48 PM PST by Nervous Tick

Donald Trump said Tuesday that federal regulators should increase the amount of ethanol blended into the nation’s gasoline supply.

Speaking at an event hosted by the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, Trump, a real estate mogul and the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, said the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ought to follow the ethanol volumes Congress set in 2007.

“The EPA should ensure that biofuel ... blend levels match the statutory level set by Congress under the [renewable fuel standard],” Trump said. The mandate is popular in Iowa, which hosts the nation's first caucuses.

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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Yep “great” alright - 30% ground chuck hamburger on sale for only $15.95lb. If you can afford that price. Meanwhile, the Trumps continue to eat imported wagu beef - not noticing the slight increase from $100lb to $150lb.


141 posted on 01/19/2016 1:28:25 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Nervous Tick

I am originally from the Midwest. With the increased use of ethanol, the price of corn and farmland soared in the past few years where I grew up. Production of corn increased and the price of corn declined and the price of farmland stabilized, then declined some. Earlier this year, the county said they were going to phase in a property tax increase of 50% over a three years on farmland. The bid price of farmland there declined well over 25%.

The government doesn’t realize it actions have large impacts in many areas and markets which destabilizes the economy and make investment decisions difficult if not impossible.


142 posted on 01/19/2016 1:28:35 PM PST by alternatives? (Cruz or Trump)
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To: Idaho_Cowboy

Yeha at twice the going price of regular unleaded.


143 posted on 01/19/2016 1:28:37 PM PST by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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To: DaveinOK54

There are a LOT of liberal Democrats that say THEY are AMERICAN too.... and mean it. Do you support them? NO.. it’s the policies and agenda and value systems we vote for..TRUMP falls short.


144 posted on 01/19/2016 1:28:54 PM PST by pollywog ( " O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: Nervous Tick

WHY? Other than blatant pandering for votes what good can this do.


145 posted on 01/19/2016 1:29:01 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: Norm Lenhart
You first accept the fact that the only thing he wants from you is a vote. Not an opinion. Then you act accordingly.

Outstanding observation.

People seem unable to realize that in Trump's reality TV-centered mind, detractors are to be fired. He doesn't want ANYBODY'S opinion.

146 posted on 01/19/2016 1:29:15 PM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: Nervous Tick
I was sure Trump would wait till the general election to start full scale pandering and changing his positions.

He surprised me here. He must really want to win Iowa.

Oh well he all about the WINNING. Of course he would bend and pander so early. He even tells it up front, that he is all about the WINNING.

By the general election, his and Bernie's positions will almost be identical. It would simply be going back to all his values and positions he has had for all his previous life.

147 posted on 01/19/2016 1:29:28 PM PST by builder (I don't want a piece of someone else's pie)
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To: Perdogg

Months ago he said supported actually increasing the ethanol blend?


148 posted on 01/19/2016 1:30:00 PM PST by Obadiah
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To: American in Israel

PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!


149 posted on 01/19/2016 1:30:03 PM PST by pollywog ( " O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: Norm Lenhart

I guess Trump has gone from real estate to snake oil...but, you already knew that.


150 posted on 01/19/2016 1:33:19 PM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: Lazamataz; Norm Lenhart
"I’m starting to change my opinion of Trump, with this sort of bottom-of-the-barrel pandering."

This is the way he's always been...he'll promise anything. I guarantee you he ramped it up in response to Branstad saying Cruz has to be taken out.

Now he's boasting that serious establishment types are ready to get behind him. Like Levin said yesterday, the GOPers who gave rise to Trump are the very ones he wants to schmooz and make deals with.

Freep link

151 posted on 01/19/2016 1:33:26 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ("Ted Cruz is the type of guy to swim across a moat with a knife in his teeth. He knows how to fight")
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To: CA Conservative

I have been a citizen since birth from 2 citizen parents. I was born on an Air Force base in Spain. I don’t think I am qualified, neither is Cruz.


152 posted on 01/19/2016 1:34:10 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: wagglebee

They want the liberalism he offers. Look at their posts. No leftism goes unpraised.

They could save themselves hiring a Vegas dominatrix in the long term.


153 posted on 01/19/2016 1:34:33 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Existential Cage Theory - An idea whose time has come)
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To: TornadoAlley3
EPA should enforce law as written.

EPA is enforcing the law as written. The law allows EPA to waive the volumes of ethanol in the statute, which they did.

154 posted on 01/19/2016 1:34:45 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: Obadiah

How about the Mouth of Manhattan Demonstrate to ALL America just how Freaking great that ethanol is and fill
up the Trump 747 and take off from Ames and make a few circles around the State of Iowa.

he’s a freaking IDIOT!


155 posted on 01/19/2016 1:35:01 PM PST by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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To: ncpatriot

“I’m a big Trump supporter. How do we get word to him that we do not like this?”

Vote for Cruz, that will do it.


156 posted on 01/19/2016 1:35:31 PM PST by doug6352
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To: Norm Lenhart

What’s wrong with a Vegas dominatrix? DON’T YOU JUDGE ME!


157 posted on 01/19/2016 1:35:34 PM PST by Lazamataz (If the Oregon occupiers are occupying a National Wildlife REFUGE, are they not now REFUGEES?)
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To: Lazamataz

Shave your damn legs next time!


158 posted on 01/19/2016 1:36:20 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Existential Cage Theory - An idea whose time has come)
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To: Nervous Tick

More. Higher. Smarter. Better. All hail King Trump! All hail king corn!


159 posted on 01/19/2016 1:37:18 PM PST by demshateGod (Trump: We will have to leave borders behind and go for global unity)
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To: TADSLOS

Free Republic values.


160 posted on 01/19/2016 1:38:11 PM PST by demshateGod (Trump: We will have to leave borders behind and go for global unity)
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