As economists Johnson
and Libecap note, the ethanol industry continues to exist because of
an unseemly alliance between the industry and political officials. Here
in Wisconsin, it's more than just an unseemly alliance...
It's pretty clear why
officials in Tommy Thompson's regime like the ethanol industry. The
founding investor for the proposed Elba (Dodge County) plant was a previous
partner in the convenience store chain Kwik Trip; "Nesnah" is Hansen
spelled backwards. Follow
the money.