Last June the new Democrat-run Senate passed a bill mandating that we produce 36 billion gallons of alcohol per year by 2022. That is about seven times what we produce now, almost all of which comes from corn.
If we used all the corn we grow for ethanol, it would be about 28 billion gallons per year, less than the mandate calls for.
Also, corn is the most subsidised crop in the US.
One talk show host called this "the biggest food burning program in history":