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Trump's Support for Ethanol Is Bad for Taxpayers and Their Cars
The National Review ^ | January 21, 2016 | Jillian Kay Melchior

Posted on 01/21/2016 2:17:48 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

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To: Neoliberalnot
Hey, I have an idea. Let's not let the market decide prices. Let's have you decide prices. What do you think is fair, for all involved?
161 posted on 01/21/2016 4:44:04 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Neoliberalnot

And what does that have to do with anything. The government should not be in the business of picking winners or losers.
Even if you could make a constitutional case that they should be, which I am positive you can’t, what is the government’s track record in picking winners to subsidize? Solyndra?


162 posted on 01/21/2016 4:45:15 AM PST by justlittleoleme (Cruz or Lose. Trump is a progressive populist liberal.)
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To: RC one

The market was ready for a correction because it had been overbought and China’s problems loom because of dynamics in China—not because of the price of gas.

Yeah, some energy stocks have taken a hit, but other stocks are doing better than they would have been doing without the break in gas prices that has given consumers and businesses more spending money across the country.

You should get yourself out of the corn fields and into an economics class.


163 posted on 01/21/2016 4:45:20 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: samtheman
--- I want a wall. ---

You may get a wall if Trump is elected. And you will have touchback amnesty, making the wall meaningless.

Trump has been on both sides of every issue and simply should not be trusted. He has already talked about cutting deals with Congress.

164 posted on 01/21/2016 4:46:52 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: DB

You implied. You get the best at the best price but never cheap enough. Why not attack real welfare and not the working stiffs paying the bills and supplying the goods. It is like the left wing sleepers emerge against the nation’s #1 and best industry.


165 posted on 01/21/2016 4:47:58 AM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: RC one

Obama printed trillions of dollars and passed much of it through the banks. The banks didn’t loan it out, they bought stock for a higher return. More demand for stock drives the price of stock up. It’s a viscous cycle until the newly printed money runs out - it running out.


166 posted on 01/21/2016 4:48:07 AM PST by DB
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To: Hugin

-— Ethanol is about the 98th most important issue facing the country -—

And yet Trump is caving to the special interests.

No corrupt deal is too small for Trump.


167 posted on 01/21/2016 4:48:37 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Neoliberalnot

You speak of “welfare?” And are in favor of ethanol subsidies? Jeepers.


168 posted on 01/21/2016 4:49:16 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

You’re living in the land of plenty friend. If you have a problem with all this prosperity, you should move to Africa but please, don’t try to recreate Africa here by bankrupting our agricultural industry.


169 posted on 01/21/2016 4:50:19 AM PST by RC one ("...all persons born in the allegiance of the United States are natural-born citizens" US v. WKA)
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To: Neoliberalnot

Why don’t you quote me where I implied food prices were cheaper outside the country. I look forward to this... Is English your first language?


170 posted on 01/21/2016 4:50:25 AM PST by DB
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To: 1rudeboy

That is true and it is a legitimate issue that ought to be addressed.


171 posted on 01/21/2016 4:51:24 AM PST by RC one ("...all persons born in the allegiance of the United States are natural-born citizens" US v. WKA)
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To: 1rudeboy

Welcome to the new Free Democratic Underground Republic where conservatism is optional and everything needs to be fair.
What about the 99%? /sarc


172 posted on 01/21/2016 4:51:42 AM PST by justlittleoleme (Cruz or Lose. Trump is a progressive populist liberal.)
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To: RC one

I suspect you need to rethink your line-of-argument, somewhat. If I am living in the “land of plenty” (your term), then why do I need to subsidize ethanol production?


173 posted on 01/21/2016 4:52:47 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Walt Griffith

I was 6... Wasn’t driving much...


174 posted on 01/21/2016 4:52:54 AM PST by DB
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

It becomes an important issue when one group decides they want to start experimenting with the food supply.


175 posted on 01/21/2016 4:53:13 AM PST by RC one ("...all persons born in the allegiance of the United States are natural-born citizens" US v. WKA)
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To: 1rudeboy

So you can continue to live in the land of plenty instead of the land of hunger and despair.


176 posted on 01/21/2016 4:54:03 AM PST by RC one ("...all persons born in the allegiance of the United States are natural-born citizens" US v. WKA)
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To: grania

-— Trump is a force of nature, the imperfect hero of the caliber we so admire in history and literature. -—

We do? He seems more like a vacuum cleaner salesman with a bad haircut to me.


177 posted on 01/21/2016 4:54:14 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Leto

Who cares if it’s bad for America? It’s good for trump!


178 posted on 01/21/2016 4:54:36 AM PST by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: RC one

That’s usually what people say, when they really are arguing that I need to open my pocketbook and pay my “fair” share.


179 posted on 01/21/2016 4:55:38 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: RC one
"Ethanol keeps farming profitable."

Ethanol keeps Archer Daniels Midland profitable.

180 posted on 01/21/2016 4:58:00 AM PST by SKI NOW
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