corn

Why don't we tax petroleum imports? If we do tax imported ethanol, why don't we tax imported oil? Along those same lines, why do we subsidize corn farmers who grow to make ethanol, but the sugar beet farmers with a superior product are left out in the cold? We can grow sugar beets very well, and they are easily fermented into ethanol. Why do we waste so much subsidizing corn for fuel, when sugar beets and other crops are far superior?

End the massive subsidies on corn. Our corn subsidies distort trade and unfairly harm agriculture in developing countries, not to mention fattening up the nation on on high frucrose corn syrup and beef raised on grain.