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On the recordDecember 11, 2007
And I will also eliminate subsidies on ethanol and other agricultural products. They are an impediment to competition, an impediment to free markets, and I believe that subsidies are a mistake.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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McCain discusses his plan to eliminate agricultural subsidies.

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