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Expensive Booze: The True Costs of Ethanol Subsidies ...

June 5, 2007 11:14 AM | Categories: Spend Management

Personally, I find it a travesty that we might have to pay more for a shot of tequila thanks to the boom in ethanol production. I mean, isn't drinking cheap hooch more important to our economic well being than subsidizing farmers to produce such an inefficient substance? If you're curious about learning some of the personal sourcing benefits of tequila, the Cynical Sorcerer, Tony Poshek, who happened to tip me off to this news, also pointed me in the direction of this You Tube video.

- Jason Busch

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