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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (2395)	10/6/2006 4:56:35 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

Government imposed competitive advantage even if it technically might not be considered a subsidy. And I'm not sure that there isn't any actual subsidy. Different sources say different things. One source said that that ethanol isn't taxed, one source said that the blenders get an income tax credit for the ethanol (which is not the same as the ethanol not facing the normal gasoline tax) and other sources say it is a subsidy. Some of those sources using the subsidy term might be using it loosely to apply to tax credits or other government imposed advantage, but at least one was fairly detailed and did say the government gives the gasoline blenders/ refiners money.