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Bill Bradley
(Democrat)
Former opponent of ethanol tax breaks now supports them. Says he regrets voting for the law that scaled back government price guarantees for crops.
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Al Gore
(Democrat)
Keep ethanol tax breaks. Open more foreign markets. Supported farm subsidies in Senate, including tobacco subsidies.
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Gary Bauer
(Republican)
Keep ethanol tax break, extend federally supported crop insurance to livestock farmers, let farmers put 20 percent of taxable income into five year, tax-deferred accounts.
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George W. Bush (Republican)
Keep ethanol tax breaks, reduce estate taxes, open markets abroad.
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Steve Forbes
(Republican)
Lower taxes, trade barriers and interest rates. Supports ethanol tax breaks for about seven more years while preparing industry to live without them.
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Orrin Hatch (Republican)
Keep ethanol tax breaks.
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Alan Keyes (Republican)
Sees centralized banking system as key to decline of family farms, opposes unspecified ``shortsighted socialist policies'' in farm aid.
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John McCain (Republican)
End ethanol subsidies, using savings for school vouchers, and reduce estate taxes. End price supports for sugar. Opposes tax breaks to help poultry farmers generate electricity from manure.
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Pat Buchanan (Reform Party)
"Support ethanol production," stop unfair competition from farm imports, exempt farmers from federal job-safety and most other regulations, eliminate inheritance and capital gains taxes.
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