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How many millions of acres of land are having their food production capacity diverted to beer, vodka, gin, whiskey, etc., etc., etc?

I think we need a Food Diversion tax on beer and liquor to encourage the public to drink less beer and liquors and stop the food diversion. I suggest a $1.00 Food Diversion tax on a bottle of beer and $5.00 Food Diversion tax per bottle of vodka or other liquor.

We simply must reduce the diversion of food into totally non useful things such as beer, vodka, gin, whiskey, etc. If these taxes are not enough to accomplish this then they should be increased until the public feels the pain and begins to stop the diversion of food into beer and liquors.

Food is more important than beer.

If you drink a beer or vodka or any other liquor you are part of the problem. Think of a starving person every time you drink a beer.

See National Public Radio segment (http://www.npr.org/templates/ story/story.php?storyId=89598524) where cattle ranchers say ethanol production has increased the availability of feed mash at lower prices. The cost reduction of feed mash resulted in $40 to $50 per animal reduction in the cost of raising livestock.

Merrill Lynch recently produced the results of a study of ethanol. The Merrill Lynch study determined that the availability of ethanol reduced the retail cost of gasoline by $.50 per gallon during 2007. In other words, the retail price of gasoline for the past year would have been $.50 more per gallon if ethanol had not been available as a fuel additive.