The White House’s recent announcement permitting year-round sales of fuel with 15 percent ethanol content may appear on the surface to be another deregulatory win in what has been a string of successes in striking down burdensome government rules. But outside the context of comprehensive reform to the broken Renewable Fuel Standard and its costly corn ethanol mandate, this decision is little more than deckchair maneuvers on a ship that could take taxpayers down.
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