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Will anyone in 2016 have repealing the ethanol mandate as part of the platform?
Posted on 5/18/14 at 5:12 pm
Posted on 5/18/14 at 5:12 pm
If not, will any candidate even be asked about it?
Why is this not a big issue for candidates? Seems like a no-brainer. Is the corn lobby that all-powerful?
Why is this not a big issue for candidates? Seems like a no-brainer. Is the corn lobby that all-powerful?
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Posted on 5/18/14 at 5:17 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Certainly not until after the Iowa primary.
Posted on 5/18/14 at 5:19 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:Yea, right after they advocate for the abolition of social security and medicare.
Will anyone in 2016 have repealing the ethanol mandate as part of the platform?
Posted on 5/18/14 at 5:25 pm to Y.A. Tittle
No, because for some stupid reason we kick off every Presidential primary season with candidates prostituting themselves out to corn farmers.
Posted on 5/18/14 at 5:28 pm to Y.A. Tittle
No, because it's the Obamaphone of rural America.
Posted on 5/18/14 at 5:40 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Nope. Wayyy too much welfare $$$ in it now.
I watched a report on the crap called ethanol, THIRTY US states are now in the crap/ethanol markets.
The US consumer will continue to have to suffer will the mega-industrial growers(the family farmer has loooong been gone) continue to reap $$$s in government subsidies.
I watched a report on the crap called ethanol, THIRTY US states are now in the crap/ethanol markets.
The US consumer will continue to have to suffer will the mega-industrial growers(the family farmer has loooong been gone) continue to reap $$$s in government subsidies.
Posted on 5/18/14 at 5:48 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Not if they want to win Iowa
Posted on 5/18/14 at 7:43 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Nope.
Two words: Iowa caucuses.
Two words: Iowa caucuses.
Posted on 5/18/14 at 9:03 pm to Y.A. Tittle
I hope so. I hate the fricking ethanol mandate..it's driven up feed prices for us and obviously fuel too. Plus it's terrible for your engine and has no positive effect on the environment. Such a waste of money and grain that could be used elsewhere to feed people and livestock/poultry/fish.
Posted on 5/18/14 at 11:49 pm to Y.A. Tittle
The problems with ending ethanol mandates from a political standpoint are massive:
1. It's not an issue that resonates with voters. The vast majority of voters simply have no idea that they are being screwed over by these policies.
2. The corn lobby is extremely powerful in the states that ending such a policy would negatively affect. Many of those states are also important swing states (ohio, indiana, illinois, iowa, kansas, nebraska, virginia). Iowa is also one of the first primary states. Meaning a poor showing there likely all but eliminates a potential candidate from nomination.
1. It's not an issue that resonates with voters. The vast majority of voters simply have no idea that they are being screwed over by these policies.
2. The corn lobby is extremely powerful in the states that ending such a policy would negatively affect. Many of those states are also important swing states (ohio, indiana, illinois, iowa, kansas, nebraska, virginia). Iowa is also one of the first primary states. Meaning a poor showing there likely all but eliminates a potential candidate from nomination.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 2:28 am to Y.A. Tittle
quote:As soon as the tax breaks for the energy and sugar cane industries - they will jump right on ethanol.
Will anyone in 2016 have repealing the ethanol mandate as part of the platform?If not, will any candidate even be asked about it?
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