Some dare call them ... robber barons. (federal subsidies to gasohol industry) From: National Review | Date: March 13, 1987| Author: Fumento, Michael | COPYRIGHT 1987 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

SOME DARE CALL THEM . . .

UNDER THE TIGHT-FISTED fiscal management fo the Reagan Administration, farm subsidies have grown from an annoying but obscure incidence of creeping socialism to perhaps the juiciest boondoggle around. Indeed, if you have been contemplating making money the old-fashioned way--by buying, or at least time-sharing, a few federal office-holders--you might do well to ignore the considerable, but dangerously well-publicized, attractions of selling paper...

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