Why isn't anyone asking the Canidates what they are going to do about the price of corn, wheat and Oil??

Oil is at a all time high. Corn is almost at a all time high, Wheat has gone from $5 to $12 in one year. Does anyone ask what is Obama, Hillary or McCain going to do about this. Don't tell us it is going to take 10-20 years. Exxon has had their biggest year and the most money ever made by a U.S. company in a quarter just last year. So I think there are funds for this. Raise taxes but come up with a plan as we are making other countries rich. Brazil doesn't import any oil or use it. They only use ethanol from corn. But President Bush gave a state of the union speech which he promised alternatives. Well we now give subsidies for growing corn which has lead to farmers not growing wheat and growing corn. Ethanol takes an enormous amout of water to produce and we have water issues in many of our states. Like Atlanta which is fighting right now about other states using water. Do you think before we vote we might want to get some detailed answers about what affects all of us dailyWhy isn't anyone asking the Canidates what they are going to do about the price of corn, wheat and Oil??
We've subsidized corn production for decades, but ethanol production is just the reason why over the last couple of years it's shot up from $1.85 a bushel to over $4.00 a bushel. We overproduce corn anyway. None of the candidates had talked about a detailed agricultural policy and it would better serve them, and us, if they would do so.





They also haven't been too detailed when it comes to energy policy, none of the candidates, like most other American politicians want to face up to the hard truths about America's potentially disastrous energy problems.Why isn't anyone asking the Canidates what they are going to do about the price of corn, wheat and Oil??
Very good points. And yes, food prices are up - not just corn and wheat, but beef prices are going up weekly, and dairy, and everything else.





But you do have to understand the need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil - regardless of the short-term consequences. This doesn't just mean alternative fuels, we also need to conserve. And $4 per gallon gasoline will encourage a lot of conservation.





I would like to hear from the candidates on this issue as well, and I imagine we will as soon as the field narrows down to 2.
Because they are politicians not economists. Somehow people tend to think they are one in the same. It ultimately matters who the president puts in his cabinet.





Will it be yes men?


or will it be someone competent and knowledgable about their particular department?