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John McCain: Roundtable 09/30/08

2008-11-01T03:32:50Z

John McCain
Roundtable
Des Moines, IA 09/30/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: I dont support subsidies for ethanol. I support ethanol. I support bio-fuels. I do not support 55 cent a gallon tariff on imported sugar cane based ethanol. But I do believe that ethanol and bio-fuels are a vital part of our energy needs. And I think they can compete in the market place. You know the Brazillians have been able to virtually adopt a flex fuel policy to the point where an overwhelming majority of the automobiles in Brazil now are fueled by corn, sugar-cane based ethanol. Now, we got to move forward on that. Weve got to give people a choice at the gas pump, and the more ethanol thats out there, the more bio-fuels, the more of these kinds of fuels that are available, the lower the price is going to become.

LABEL: JM IA 09-30-08 (RAD#8) G ClipG - LS

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Is Sarah Palin on Welfare?

2008-11-23T00:52:34Z

Matt Damon has some questions he wants answered and so do I? Why does Alaska keep taking Federal Subsidies when they have enough money to give a $1,200 check to every one of its citizens?
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Pocket

2008-11-23T00:52:51Z

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Corn Prices and the Global Food Economy - Paul Roberts

2008-10-28T03:31:32Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Paul Roberts discusses how biofuels have driven corn prices up, in turn, causing a "ripple effect" throughout the global economy.

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More than 1.1 billion people worldwide are at risk of obesity-related illness, while roughly as many people are starving. Meanwhile, global food production faces dangers, including some chemicals, destructive farming techniques and contamination. Roberts takes a close look at food production, transport and consumption on a global scale, uncovering disturbing trends about the system we all entrust to handle our food. Will people take heed and work to improve the health of our food supply and distribution chain, before it is too late for millions of people around the world? - The Commonwealth Club of California

Paul Roberts is the author of The End of Oil, which was a 2005 New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award finalist, and he is a regular contributor to Harper’s Magazine.

A long-time observer of both business and environmental issues, he is an expert on the complex interplay of economics, technology, and the natural world. He lives in Washington State.

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John McCain: Town Hall Meeting 12/07/07

2008-10-27T03:30:47Z

John McCain
Town Hall
Atkinson, NH 12/07/07

TRANSCRIPT:
MCCAIN: "There's a long list of programs that I could tell you that I would cut and eliminate and frankly one of them is a lot of the farm subsidies. I don't support subsidies for ethanol. I think ethanol is a very fine, viable alternative. E85, that ethanol gas, which now all the Brazilians use to fuel their tanks, is a very good option. But I don't believe we should have subsidies. I don't think we should subsidize cotton in my home state of Arizona. And I think we should phase out a lot of these subsidies. I think we should phase out a whole broad variety of programs. One of the areas where we have to go, I'm talking about big money, after we eliminate the wasteful spending, is defense."

LABEL: JM NH 12-7 (BH#22) AHCSE - ClipD

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John McCain: Town Hall 04/21/08

2008-10-26T21:30:22Z

John McCain
Speech and Town Hall
Thomasville, AL 04/21/08

TRANSCRIPT:
QUESTIONER: "What's your plan to support agriculture in the State of Alabama?"

JOHN MCAIN: "I would do a lot of things. And I gotta tell you what I won't do because I've got to give you straight talk. I won't support subsidies. I won't do that because I believe that subsidies are unnecessary . . . my job and I will do this, is to open up every market in the world to the products of the most efficient agriculture people in the world and that's the American farmer [applause]. I'm not afraid of foreign competition. I'm not afraid that some farmer in some other part of the world will, uh, undersell the most efficient, the most productive worker in the world and that's American agricultural workers. And I'll open those markets to them. Now if they compete unfairly, if they close their markets to ours, then I will take retaliation through things that we have vehicles to do so, like the WTO and others. But I am worried, and you should be worried . . . one of the greatest problems . . . is that bakers and grocers, the next step in the chain, are deeply concerned about inflation associated with farm products . . . I believe that America can feed the world. I believe that we have the capacity to feed the entire world."

LABEL: JM AL 4-21 (JC#124) AFGK - ClipI

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John McCain: Town Hall Meeting 05/02/08

2008-10-26T21:30:20Z

John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
Denver, CO 05/02/08

TRANSCRIPT:
QUESTIONER: ". . . would you, at least, consider legislation since you were a big proponent against the anti-smoking, that we control tobacco . . . we get it away from the 7-11s and so forth, that we stop lawsuits, we stop any possible tax cuts for tobacco famers, we stop exporting Marlboro products across the globe. I mean, we're talking over years—you know, give tobacco farmers and the system through, but maybe stop smoking, stop trying to tax it out. Just say, 'It's a bad product for America.'

JOHN MCCAIN: "Yes sir. And the thing I was puzzled by was when we decided we would want to fund the children's health insurance, S-CHIP program with, guess what—taxes from the sale of tobacco products. Now somebody said, ' Can you help me out here?' So we want to fund a program to give children health insurance, but we want to fund it by encouraging people to use tobacco that kills ya. Only in Washington. Only in Washington could we come up with that kind of a scheme. I just want to mention one other thing about tobacco. And maybe expand just a bit. My friends, there's a farm bill before congress today that increases the subsidies, that gives some of your tax dollars to . . . people in agriculture that make as much as $950,000 a year, that subsidizes ethanol, which as distorted the market, which has then driven up food prices and it is a continuation, in all due respects, of business as usual in Washington, which has to change. I went to Iowa and campaigned in Iowa and said I was against ethanol subsidies and I was against the tariffs on imported ethanol from Brazil, which is made from sugar cane because it distorts the market. My friends, I commit to the agriculture community in America I will open every market in the world to the most productive and best worker and the best agricultural products ever produced but I will not support these subsidies and they've gotta stop. There's too many Americans that need our help now with your tax dollars."

LABEL: JM CO 5-2 (GR#83) DAGIS - Clip E

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John McCain: Town Hall Meeting 05/01/08

2008-10-26T21:30:17Z

John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
Des Moines, IA 05/01/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: "I'd like to mention, of course, I've always been known for taking non-controversial positions on issues and always tried to just go the easiest path. So I'd like to start out by saying to you that I have to give you a little straight talk about the Farm Bill that is winding its way through Congress. I do not support it, I would veto it. I would do that because I believe that these subsidies, that the subsidies are unnecessary and I believe that we should not subsidize. I do not believe we should have tariffs against imported products. But I want to promise you as president of the United States of America, I will recognize one fundamental fact and that is the farmer in the state of Iowa and the United States of America is the most productive, the most efficient, best and I will open every market in the world to your products and I will sell them [applause] . . ."

LABEL: JM IA 5-1 (GR#82) DAGIZZ - Clip D

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John McCain: Speech 05/12/08

2008-10-26T21:30:07Z

John McCain
Speech
Portland, OR 05/12/08

TRANSCRIPT: "In the Congress, we need to send the special interests on their way -- without their favors and subsidies."

LABEL: JM OR 5-12 (JC#130) UK - ClipA

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The Problem with Subsidies

2008-10-18T03:29:50Z

Meet Ibrahima Coulibaly from Mali and James Macha from the U.S. Both are cotton farmers, but with vastly different experiences. The American farming subsidies that support James have a negative impact on farmers like Ibrahima, who are trying to climb out of poverty. The result is communities in poor countries face conditions that make them more vulnerable to crime, conflict, or even terrorism. How can rich and poor countries work together so that there is a level playing field?

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Farmers speak out on government subsidies - 8 Sep 2007

2008-10-24T21:30:22Z

Many had hoped this year's APEC summit might re-ignite the Doha round of trade talks - aimed at liberalising trade around the world. So far though, there's been little progress. Al Jazeera hears the story of a US farmer who says he cannot survive without government subsidies. Achmad Rifai, an Indonesian farmer also tells Al Jazeera in his own words about his battle to keep working in Indonesia.

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