Trump’s Support for Ethanol Is Bad for Taxpayers and Their Cars

One of the most destructive environmental subsidies in the United States has found an enthusiastic supporter in Donald Trump. “The EPA should ensure that biofuel . . . blend levels match the statutory level set by Congress,” he said yesterday in Iowa, adding that he was “there with you 100 percent” on continuing federal support for ethanol. “You’re going to get a really fair shake from me.”
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Ted Cruz Challenges Big Ethanol in Iowa

Until now conventional wisdom assumed that candidates of both major parties had to back ethanol welfare to win the Iowa caucuses. In 1988 Pete du Pont challenged agricultural subsidies, but he didn’t triumph there or in New Hampshire, after which he dropped out of the race.
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TRUSTed? Can Cruz Deliver the Goods?

Texas Senator Ted Cruz was welcomed to Sioux Center on Tuesday night by a robust crowd at Dordt College. The Cruz campaign rolled into town in big fancy bus, and rolled out a persuasive narrative that the first-term Senator from Texas has been able to do something few presidential candidates have been able to accomplish - unite conservatives behind one candidate.
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If Cruz Wins Iowa, Will Republicans Stop Pandering to Special Interests?

Every candidate who has won Iowa since 1980 has supported the hateful ethanol subsidies and/or mandate, which makes both fuel and food much more expensive for no good reason. But if Ted Cruz, who opposes the ethanol mandate, wins Iowa, which seems increasingly likely, does this mean that we will finally have a leader who has the strength to stop pandering to special interest groups?
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The ethanol lobby's worst nightmare: A Cruz caucus victory

One of the ethanol lobby's attacks on Ted Cruz in Iowa was so personal and vicious, that even ethanol-mandate champions like Steve King are attacking the group that ran it.
Why is the ethanol lobby going all out on Cruz? Because Cruz could definitely win Iowa. Think about that: Cruz is the firmest opponent of the industry's favorite subsidy - the Renewable Fuel Standard, or ethanol mandate - and he could carry the industry's heartland, Iowa.


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