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by worik·10y ago·view on hn ↗
You have energy subsidies up wazoo.

From my memory banks, without doing any research I can think of three:

(1) The prohibition on exporting oil, just recently lifted

(2) Subsidies on corn for ethanol (a stupid thing to do)

(3) Lack of environmental controls on fracking. This is a negative subsidy, in that the absence of sensible policies is advantageous to a chosen industry

In the civilised world we think your agricultural subsidies (and the enormous amount of subsidies in all sorts of areas) are part of what makes the USA a rouge state.

sheesh

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> In the civilised world we think your agricultural subsidies (and the enormous amount of subsidies in all sorts of areas) are part of what makes the USA a rouge state.

My ability to eat is more important than free trade.

I agree with your quibbles about corn ethanol and fracking environmental damage though. I'm hopeful that electric vehicles permanently damage corn ethanol subsidies. Biofuels for anything other than aviation are a joke.