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Capitol View: September 28, 2007 Archive

Things you won't hear presidential candidates in Iowa talk about

Posted at 7:31 AM on September 28, 2007 by Bob Collins

Farm subsidies to corn growers.

Somewhat related, you probably missed the small item that Minnesota has sent checks to ethanol producers to make up for cutbacks in subsidies that were imposed when everyone else was cut back when the state was trying to erase a deficit.

Factoid for the day

Posted at 9:39 AM on September 28, 2007 by Mike Mulcahy (5 Comments)

From the AP:

Forty percent of Americans have never lived when there wasn't a Bush or a Clinton in the White House.

That's 116 million people for those of you keeping count.

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