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I hope that all farmers, Midwest-erners and Americans who watched the Presidential debates heard Sen. McCain proclaim that he supports the national Republican platform of no subsides for ethanol.
With the current stock market meltdown, Sen. McCain and the Republican Party now want to foster a collapse in the farm economy.
The heartland’s renewable energy production is now pumping out 21.4 million gallons of ethanol per day, raising grain prices, saving billions of dollars in taxpayer provided farm subsidies annually, driving the biggest economic stimulus ever witnessed in rural America.
Every dollar generated is estimated to circulate seven times around our rural communities benefiting many.
Sen. McCain would rather see billions of dollars generated by ethanol go to big oil companies and their Middle Eastern friends instead of the Midwest’s homegrown energy.
What could be less patriotic?
As a farmer/conservationist I understand ethanol is not the total answer to our energy needs and I look forward to the day I can grow alternative crops better adapted for energy production. But for now, my production costs for inputs such as fuel and fertilizer have more than doubled in just two years and any retreat in grain prices resulting from a lack of support for ethanol production would mean economic ruin in rural America such as never been witnessed before.
American farmer’s have a strong sense of patriotism and take pride in our ability to fulfill our country’s food, fiber and energy needs and will meet these demands through hard work, innovation, and advancements in technology.
My neighbor, the Senator from Illinois, has a 100 percent vote rating when it comes to energy and farm legislation and is supported by over 28 farm organizations and agricultural leaders and comes from a state that knows how to produce grain.
On Election Day, as an American farmer, I’ll vote for the best interests of rural America and cast my vote for someone who supports the heartland and the American way, Barack Obama.
Ray McCormick
Indiana farmer/conservationist |
| 10/29/2008 |
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