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发帖数: 36302 | 1 感觉很重要的一个表决。
会很大程度影响未来粮食的价格。 | T*R
发帖数: 36302 | 2 我的理解是汽油要涨价了，玉米要跌了。肉蛋都会跟着跌。 | a*******d
发帖数: 7538 | 3 汽油不已经4块了？
【在 T*R 的大作中提到】
: 我的理解是汽油要涨价了，玉米要跌了。肉蛋都会跟着跌。
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发帖数: 36302 | 4 Senate votes to repeal ethanol tax credits
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By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press
– Thu Jun 16, 7:35 pm ET
WASHINGTON – The Senate voted Thursday to repeal tax credits for producing
ethanol, a vote that budget cutters hope will demonstrate a growing appetite
in Congress to end special interest tax breaks to help reduce government
borrowing.
The Senate voted 73-27 to repeal the $5 billion annual subsidy, just two
days after rejecting an identical measure. The tax credit provides 45 cents
a gallon to oil refiners who mix gasoline with ethanol, a renewable, liquid
fuel additive that comes mainly from corn in the U.S.
The measure will now be added to a bill renewing a federal economic
development program. The prospects for the overall bill are uncertain, but
Thursday's vote clearly endangers the ethanol tax credit, which would expire
at the end of the year anyway, unless Congress renews it.
The measure passed Thursday would end the tax credit immediately. It would
also repeal a 54-cent-a-gallon tariff on imported ethanol, which restricts
imports, mainly from Brazil.
"The best way for ethanol to survive is to stand on its own two feet,
without spending something we don't have to get something we're going to
have anyway," said Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.
In a sign that some ethanol subsidies are likely to endure, the Senate also
voted 59-41 to reject a measure that would have eliminated a government
program that supports the distribution of ethanol. The House had passed a
similar measure earlier in the day, by a vote of 283-128, adding it to an
agriculture spending bill.
The debate played out as the White House and congressional leaders continued
to negotiate spending cuts to help reign in government red ink. Thursday's
vote will almost certainly make repealing the ethanol tax credit part of
those discussions.
The federal government, which borrows about 40 cents of every dollar it
spends, has already hit the legal borrowing limit of $14.3 trillion.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has warned Congress that the U.S. risks
an unprecedented default on Treasury bonds if the borrowing limit isn't
increased by Aug. 2. However, a growing number of lawmakers say they won't
vote to increase the borrowing limit without substantial deficit reduction.
Many Republicans have ruled out tax increases, though some have said they
would support ending narrowly-tailored tax breaks like the ethanol tax
credit. The ethanol tax credit is part of a package of dozens of business
and individual tax breaks that Congress usually renews each year. Thursday's
vote could spell trouble for some of the others.
Thirty-three Republicans joined 38 Democrats in voting to eliminate the
ethanol tax credit. Two independents who usually vote with the Democrats
also supported the measure.
The Obama administration opposed both ethanol measures.
"The administration supports efforts currently under way in the Senate to
reform and modernize tax incentives and other programs that support biofuels
," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement. "However, today's
amendments are not reforms and are ill advised. They could lead to job loss
and pull the rug out from under industry, which will lead to less choice for
consumers and greater dependence on foreign oil."
The Senate had rejected an identical amendment on Tuesday, 59-40, though
some senators opposed it on procedural grounds that were later addressed.
Critics say ethanol subsidies are no longer needed for an industry that is
already supported by a mandate from Congress that requires refiners to blend
36 billion gallons of biofuels into auto fuel by 2022. They say it drives
up corn prices, mainly for animal feed.
"A tax break from ethanol is a gift to the oil companies and grain producers
, a gift that actually harms American consumers and our environment," said
Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md.
Supporters of continued federal spending for ethanol argue it is a leading
source of alternative fuel that helps reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said there should be a transition period rather
than an abrupt elimination of the tax credit.
"This is truly a homegrown industry, built on the investment and labor of
many thousands of Americans, providing a product that helps us with one of
our most pressing national issues: our dependency on imported oil," Harkin
said. "Yet here we are debating amendments that I think clearly tell the
industry, `you aren't important, you don't matter, and you don't have the
support of the American people.' Well, I think that is the wrong, misguided
message to be sending."
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, asked: "Why is the Senate taking a full week
and voting twice on the same amendment that will increase prices at the pump
, increase dependence on foreign oil, and lead to job losses? We should be
having this debate in the context of a comprehensive energy plan | T*R
发帖数: 36302 | | T*R
发帖数: 36302 | 6 取消汽油添加酒精的政府补贴了。
【在 a*******d 的大作中提到】
: 汽油不已经4块了？
| a*******d
发帖数: 7538 | 7 咋办？
买一大桶存汽油？
【在 T*R 的大作中提到】
: 取消汽油添加酒精的政府补贴了。
| T*R
发帖数: 36302 | 8 一加仑4毛钱。
政府希望石油公司消化这笔钱，我觉得够呛。
但是反过来，如果政府不补贴，石油公司是不是也可以少加酒精？
至少那些85%GAS的油肯定要少生产了。
这样玉米就用得少了，
【在 a*******d 的大作中提到】
: 咋办？
: 买一大桶存汽油？
| a*******d
发帖数: 7538 | 9 政府把石油公司惯坏了
丫涨价的时候，半年就能涨2块。跌的时候半年也能跌2块。4毛真不知道怎么处理
【在 T*R 的大作中提到】
: 一加仑4毛钱。
: 政府希望石油公司消化这笔钱，我觉得够呛。
: 但是反过来，如果政府不补贴，石油公司是不是也可以少加酒精？
: 至少那些85%GAS的油肯定要少生产了。
: 这样玉米就用得少了，
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