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Scott Walker presidential campaign, 2016/Agricultural subsidies
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 Scott Walker |
Governor of Wisconsin (2011-2019) Milwaukee County Executive (2002-2010) Wisconsin State Assembly (1993-2002) |
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- In 2014, Scott Walker introduced the "Grow Wisconsin Dairy Processor Grant." He said, "This new initiative for dairy processors, coupled with our existing Grow Wisconsin Dairy 30x20 program for farmers, will support a growing demand for quality Wisconsin milk and dairy products.”[2]
- According to a 2014 report on "Wisconsin's Comeback," Walker "signed into law a sales tax exemption for fertilizer blending, feed milling, and grain drying operations" and "extended agriculture loan guarantees so more farmers can get financing if they need it. Walker also created a tax credit that would decrease the tax burden on farmers by more than $18 million "when fully phased in."[3]
- While campaigning for governor of Wisconsin in 2006, Walker supported the Environmental Protection Agency when it lifted "the reformulated gas requirement in Wisconsin." Walker said, "Mandates hurt Wisconsin's working families, and whether they are from Washington or Madison, we as fiscal conservatives should oppose them. While I am not opposed to the use of ethanol, I believe the decision should be consumer driven, and not mandated by Madison."[4]
- At the Iowa Agricultural Summit in March 2015, Walker said he would like to eliminate the Renewable Fuel Standard, but is comfortable with it remaining in place for now because "we don’t have a free and open marketplace." When later asked why he had shifted his position, Walker said, "From our standpoint, our position is consistent. I talked about not wanting a mandate in Wisconsin as governor. We do not have one. I do not support one. I have not enacted it. I’ve kept it out of the state of Wisconsin. What I said in Iowa was … I think we need to phase it out, but I don’t approve of putting in new mandates.”[5][6]
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Footnotes
- ↑ New York Times, "Scott Walker Said to Be Quitting Run for President," September 21, 2015
- ↑ Office of the Governor, Scott Walker, “Governor Scott Walker Announces First Recipients of Grow Wisconsin Dairy 30x20 Processor Grants," June 26, 2014
- ↑ Friends of Scott Walker, “Continuing Wisconsin's Comeback," accessed December 11, 2014
- ↑ Marquette University, "EPA Finally Doing the Right Thing on Reformulated Gas Requirement," February 16, 2006
- ↑ Politico, "Scott Walker denies ethanol flip-flop," March 16, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "The Iowa Ag Summit: 10 takeaways," March 7, 2015
