For the record I support Cruz but if he was so adamant about phasing out these subsidies why wait five years? Oh, let’s see now if he is elected and then re-elected the ethanol subsidies are phased out in the first year of his second term when it is no longer a political issue that can hurt him. So Duh back to you! Donald Trump is a far more problematic candidate than Cruz by a mile, but don’t let your obvious adoration for Ted Cruz blind you to the fact that he is also a calculating politician like all the rest of them.
Because it was the only way to keep from destroying the farmers and ethanol processors that provide it now. They have to retool for something else. Not something you can do overnight. A light at the end of the tunnel is much better than no light at all.
For the record I support Cruz but if he was so adamant about phasing out these subsidies why wait five years?
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Out of consideration for the farmers and others involved to make plans and adjustments. It’s a humane thing to do.
Or, less humanely, he could cut it off instantly and not give them ANY time to adjust...kind of like Trump does when he borrows money from folks and then declares bankruptcy and stiffs them for their money.