Ethanol Subsidies on Townhall

• The Folly of E15 Anti-Hydrocarbon Policies Tue Apr 10
  Paul Driessen
  The Obama Administration’s anti-hydrocarbon ideology and “renewable” energy mythology continues to subsidize crony capitalists and the politicians they help keep in office – on the backs of American taxpayers, ratepayers and motorists. The latest chapter in the sorry ethanol saga is a perfect example. ... more
• A Blank Canvas Can Be a Beautiful Thing Sat Feb 11
  Paul Greenberg
  Congress finally did something right. Or rather it did nothing at all, which was just the right thing to do in these wasteful circumstances. It let the ethanol tax credit expire after 30 years. ... more
• Grocery Store Costs You More: Here's Why Fri Nov 4
  Jeff Carter
  The next time you hear someone rail against greedy speculators, tell them you’d rather pay lower prices for goods and services than listen to them whine about something they didn’t know anything about. ... more
• Spreading 'Big Oil' Subsidy Disinformation Fri Aug 26
  Paul Driessen
  Every American manufacturing company gets tax deductions that help it create jobs and strengthen our economy – whether it produces newspapers, furniture, cars or fuel. Eliminating those deductions would increase unemployment and further slow our nation’s desperately needed economic recovery. ... more
• Cut Energy Subsidies, Cut the Deficit Tue Aug 9
  Eleanor Vaughan
  Under the Obama administration, energy subsidies and tax breaks have grown enormously. The EIA reports that the value of direct federal interventions and subsidies in energy markets doubled between 2007 and 2010, growing from $17.9 billion to $37.2 billion. Big energy companies don't need these government handouts. ... more
• This Week Would Be Hilarious, Were It Not So Disgusting Sun Jul 10
  Derek Hunter
  You just know every cable network already has their graphic for the debt ceiling “crisis” and are feverishly working on their theme music. That will come, probably in the next week or two, if no deal is struck. ... more
• Bipartisan Push to End Some Ethanol Subsidies by August Thu Jul 7
  Katie Pavlich
• Clean-energy advocates on alert after Senate vote to kill ethanol subsidies Thu Jun 30
  Townhall.com Staff
• Time For American Energy Independence Mon Jun 27
  Adam Hasner
  Amidst a slumping economy, gas prices near $4, continued uncertainty and aggression in the Middle East and an election around the corner, President Obama decided to release 30 million barrels of oil from our strategic oil reserves. ... more
• The Department of Food Subsidies Thu Jun 23
  Victor Davis Hanson
  "Net farm income is expected in 2011 to reach its highest levels in more than three decades, as a rapidly growing and food-short world increasingly looks to the United States to provide it everything from soybeans and wheat to beef and fruit." ... more
• It's Been Quite a Week for Crazy and Stupid Sun Jun 19
  Derek Hunter
  The GOP debate might as well have been moderated by People Magazine - that's how terrible and inane CNN's job was. ... more
• Senate to vote again on cutting ethanol subsidies Thu Jun 16
  Reuters News
• Pawlenty 5 Percent Growth Vision Sat Jun 11
  Larry Kudlow
  Deeper down, he’s basically saying no to the declinists and pessimists who seem to populate the economic landscape these days. Big government doesn’t work. Let’s try something different. ... more
• Free Market, Not Government Policy, Drives Energy Boom Thu Jun 9
  Michael Barone
  In contrast to the marginal effects of much ballyhooed public policies, there has been a huge breakthrough in energy production in the past couple of years. ... more
• RomneyCare for Farmers Mon May 30
  Mike Shedlock
  Republican candidates ought to be supporting free market, small government policies. Instead, it is very disheartening to see Romney pandering to Iowa voters on the same big government subsidy side as president Obama ... more
• One-on-One with Senator Tom Coburn Sat May 21
  Larry Kudlow
  Yesterday I spoke with the terribly smart, tough, fiscal conservative Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) about why he walked out of the "Gang of Six" bipartisan budget talks. ... more
• The Left Hates Oil Companies Wed Apr 27
  Larry Kudlow
  While president Obama is out there ragging on oil companies to remove so-called tax subsidies, it’s odd that he doesn’t mention how much in taxes the energy firms actually pay to Uncle Sam. ... more
• Complaints About Budget Plan Veer Off Path Fri Apr 8
  Jonah Goldberg
  This "end Medicare as we know it" line -- and many like it ("end Medicaid as we know it," "end carbon-based life as we know it," etc.) -- is the lead-off talking point for the entire Democratic Party in response to Rep. Paul Ryan's just-released budget proposal, "The Path to Prosperity." ... more
• 'Going Gingrich' Thu Feb 10
  Howard Rich
  Have recent elections taught Republicans nothing? ... more
• My State of the Union Address Wed Jan 26
  John Stossel
  President Obama fulfilled his constitutional duty and gave his report on the state of the union last night. Here's mine: We're in deep trouble. ... more
• Every Dollar Has a Sponsor Fri Jan 21
  Rich Galen
  The chatter around Your Nation's Capital among the cognoscenti, the intelligentsia, and smarty-pantses over the past 24 hours was: Is there any real meaning to the House vote to repeal Obamacare? ... more
• The Divided GOP Fri Dec 17
  Hugh Hewitt
  On Thursday's program I interviewed a man I greatly admire but with whom I have a significant disagreement about the tax deal making its way through the Congress: Senator Orrin Hatch. ... more
• Scrap the Whole Darn Ethanol Subsidy Tue Dec 14
  Romina Boccia
  Every gallon of ethanol created wastes energy. ... more
• Ethanol & Budget Cuts: More Deeds, Less Words Mon Dec 13
  Lurita Doan
  Republicans in Congress have taken giant steps forward to restore American economic vitality but, as the current tax legislation, up for a cloture vote in the Senate on Monday proves the GOP has yet to prove that they are serious about cutting spending. ... more
• A 'Never Mind' Energy Policy Fri Dec 3
  Jonah Goldberg
  Only the most black-hearted cynics among us would even contemplate the notion that Obama had his re-election prospects in, say, Florida in mind when he made his recent decision on offshore drilling. ... more

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