[RC one]

As Mark Leving pointed out last night, ethanol subsidies raise the price of food globally—including for those in third world countries without enough to eat.

Throwing US agriculture into a deflationary spiral won't help any starving people. It will create more. You don't know what you're talking about and your ideas are dangerous.

[9YearLurker]

Sorry, pal—I grew up on a farm and come from the farm industry. None of the sorry old scare stories from the Depression apply in our modern era.

Once again, crops of all types around the world are provided for to the market on a steady basis, though, yes, there are some fluctuations in pricing.

Crony agricultural capitalism (most of all involving ethanol) should be eliminated.