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This makes me think of The West Wing back in 2005 with Josh and Santos arguing about whether to pander to Iowa about ethanol subsidies. Josh won, Santos pandere
by atchoo 4y ago
This makes me think of The West Wing back in 2005 with Josh and Santos arguing about whether to pander to Iowa about ethanol subsidies. Josh won, Santos pandered.
I guess if you want this to change, you've first got to stop Iowa being so ludicrously influential in the presidential election cycle.
- asah 4y agogiven current prices, is there enough incentive to grow food for export?
- atchoo 4y agoI imagine some would consider a subsidy more reliable than a market price.
- elgenie 4y agoIowa has been doing a solid job of making the Iowa caucuses significantly less relevant all on their own. The state and its registered Dem and GOP cohorts have become much less representative of the nation as a whole over the last two decades. The last time the winner mattered was, perhaps, Obama 2008. The contested races since have yielded the following winners: Huckabee, Santorum, Clinton, Ted Cruz, and Buttigieg/Sanders.