“Shockingly bad journalism” is redundant when referring to the Washington Post

The Washington Post attack Republicans for hypocrisy because they want to do away with ethanol subsidies. The logic goes that Republicans say they want lower taxes but eliminating the subsidies is a tax increase.

Removing subsidies is far from being hypocritical. Republicans want lower taxes FOR ALL, not industries chosen by Washington elites.

…ethanol subsidy is that it is a classic case of rent-seeking. The beneficiaries are relatively few but relatively well organized. It is in the interest of politicians to vote to keep it, even though it is against the interest of most of their constituents

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