From today's New York Times comes an article headed "For Good or Ill, Boom in Ethanol Reshapes Economy of Heartland."
"The modern-day gold rush is driven by a number of factors: generous government subsidies, surging demand for ethanol as a gasoline supplement, a potent blend of farm-state politics and the prospect of generating more than a 100 percent profit in less than two years."
Feeding corn to the pork barrel pigs.
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