it uses government subsidy and political support so that it can even be close to viable, which it is not.

I'm sorry, but government subsidy whether it be for a crack whore or a farmer is very much a liberal/conservative issue. A liberal will support government subsidy, a conservative won't. I don't support the government propping up failed ideas and telling everybody everything is roses, apparently you do.

Determining the value of the subsidy does not rest on the character of the person receiving it, HB, the value of a subsidy is always wrong based on the fact it is nothing more than a redistribution of wealth. That's called robbery in the real world. We're doing nothing but robbing a whole bunch of Peters to pay Paul because he happens to grow corn and can't make it since the grand pappys of his ilk long ago accepted the government dole instead of the free market.