[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””] Kasich states he does not like subsidies, particularly anything supporting ethanol[/title][fusion_text]Thursday, June 25th 2015
Ohio Governor John Kasich made it clear Wednesday that he does not like subsidies, particularly anything supporting ethanol. In response to a question about his position on ethanol and the Renewable Fuel Standard, Kasich said, “I don’t know much about the Renewable Fuel Standard and what all that means, but we have it in Ohio and I’ve never supported that (ethanol) subsidy. But I’m not there to shut it down and put a bunch of people out of work in my state.” Kasich, who won re-election last fall and has not yet announced his candidacy for the presidency, was in Iowa to test the waters. He spoke at the 2016 Iowa Caucus Consortium, a partnership of the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau, Iowa Economic Development Authority, Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, The Des Moines Register and Drake University. The Consortium has offered the opportunity to all presidential candidates to speak at a forum during the coming months. Kasich was the first to accept the invitation. Answering the question on ethanol in the press conference was his only reference to agriculture in a state where over 90 percent of the land base is devoted to farming.
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