Examiner Editorial: To protect ethanol, Obama seeks to inflate meat prices

 

Examiner Editorial: To protect ethanol, Obama seeks to inflate meat prices

 

The Washington Examiner ^ | August 14, 2012 | 8:00 pm

 

English: Barack Obama delivers a speech at the University of Southern California (Video of the speech) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2012 12:30:10 PM by Chattering Class of 58

 

To recap, government is driving up the cost of food, animal feed and gasoline, and Obama’s solution is to drive up meat prices as well. Obama could eliminate the entire problem overnight and reduce carbon emissions were he to waive the ethanol mandate in a time of drought. Instead, he is creating a new spending program to mollify livestock producers, who, were it not for the ethanol mandate, would be able to make an honest living without his help.

 

 

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