Via a Democrat, no less. Worried about the 2012 elections, no doubt.
“The 73-27 vote on an amendment sponsored by California Democrat Dianne Feinstein—33 Republicans, 38 Democrats and both independents in favor—was the kind of supermajority that usually waves through new subsidies for the fuel made from blending corn and tax dollars.”
Well, if this is enacted, the corn tortilla consumers of Mexico will be happy.
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The usual liberal congresspeople are always whining about Big Oil. One dingbat even suggested nationalizing the oil industry if they didn’t bring their gas prices down immediately. Funny how few complain about Big Corn. Nowadays you can’t buy gas without their additive, even if it cuts into your mpg.
Tired of illegal immigration from Mexico? Then you might start lobbying your Congressrat to do away with the ethanol scam. It’s enriching Iowa farmers (especially agribusiness), sure, but it’s adding to the impoverishment of the Mexican poor. When they’ve had enough, guess where they’ll set out for? Instead, we could push our pols to do something sensible for a change, like lifting the restrictions on drilling for more oil, instead of protecting a bunch of Alaskan caribou–and keeping the ag lobby happy.
MORE: But sugarcane and cellulosic biofuels–especially cellulosic–make sense, to me.
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