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“A nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.”
—Franklin Delano Roosevelt

We should be clear about what corn for ethanol really is—a heavily subsidized cash crop supported by a powerful lobby. It’s not a solution to high gas prices, and it will only contribute to the climate crisis while its supporters try to convince us that we’re doing something good by gassing up with it.

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Submitted by bobsommer on July 19, 2008 - 7:06am.
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Johnson County's $750 million sales tax

By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist

Johnson County officials want to siphon $750 million from taxpayers over the next 25 years, ostensibly for public safety needs. That's outrageous. Especially when cities will skim more than $250 million of that money.

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Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on July 19, 2008 - 1:07pm.
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