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Show 20 SPRINGVILLE H ERA L D Thursday, July 12, 2007 The best tent camping in Utah Corn-Based Ethanol: Your ica ' uoaars at worn . "Destined to become a must-read for the adventurer adven-turer looking to get out with a tent in Utah and see what the state really has to offer. The concise format makes planning your next trip a breeze!" said Cris Draper, Trail Master and Host of Amazing Outdoors Radio Network of "Best 2007, $14.95, Menasha Tent Camping in Utah," a Ridge Press), Steadman, a new book by Jeff rey Stead- seasoned camper and au-man. au-man. " tnor. traveled throuehout r - - Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson In recent years, the price others. Those who are inconvenienced incon-venienced by intervention especially because they have ing task. In "The Best Tent Camping in Utah (July HOeVMOOM JfTTftftS? ft J&ewi ' ,xWrr1t With over 400 camp- the state and selected 50 of of gasoline has soared as the seen that government is will- grounds in the Beehive the best sites suited to tent supply of crude oil has risen ing and able to alter the free state, planning a camping camping that will appeal to in response to unprecedented market that would exist in trip can be a time-consum- the first-timer as well as the global demand. But never the absence of government car-camping veteran. ': fear, Uncle Sam is here! Cit- intervention will seek in-I in-I "Utah is awesome," says ing the need to decrease our tervention that offsets the Steadman in the books' country's dependence on undesirable side-effects of preface. "It is an amazing foreign and potentially unre the prior intervention, and inspiring place that you liable sources of energy, Con-1 However, any new in-could in-could spend a lifetime ex- Egress, encouraged by Presi- terventions will themselves ploring." dent Bush, has passed laws generate new side-effects, The book includes all the mandating that ever-greater ' new costs, on other citizens, information campers need quantities of corn-based etha- and so the political process t'6 find the perfect camp nol (CBE) be produced, and lurches clumsily but power-site, power-site, including: i subsidizing this production fully in the direction of ever- Driving directions and with tens of billions of dol- greater government con-GPS con-GPS coordinates for all 50 lars. . trol that, taken to its logical campground entrances to take the guesswork out of the trip. Ratings for beauty, privacy, pri-vacy, noise, security, spaciousness, spa-ciousness, and cleanliness Dirty 3 fnstsrs jf vlmf Marrtatg e.s since inHu 170 NaHliMalft Sntsh ror& Lingerie & Navtfttfct Jfunan City (Hunan, Szechuan & Mandarin) Chicken Lunch $335 Combo Dinner $525 Twice Cooked Pork 5 Could it be that our lead- conclusion, leads us further ers are finally demonstrating down the path of socialism, bipartisan unity for the good Let's examine some of the of the country? WeD, "unity," side effects the "costs" of yes, "good," no. Uncle Sam's CBE subsidies Subsidizing CBE has been binge. By significantly in- for all 50 featured camp- an easy "sell." The corn creasing the demand for grounds. . growers and ethanol produc- corn, the price of corn has A camping-equipment ers love it, of course, and the risen significantly. That checklist ensuring campers American public likes the means that the prices of don't leave home without concept of a home-grown the wide range of products any important gear. source for a renewable fuel that have corn as an ingre- Plus, Steadman offers It's a win-win situation, dient from corn flakes to a range of suggestions for right? Oops, not exactly, outdoor recreation and When all the bills come due nearby attractions, and use- from the unintended conse-ful conse-ful sidebars with informa- quences of this bipartisan tion on faculties, parkmg, exercise in central planning, J peis, anu iees. we may rue tne day tnat poii- Fromthe Wasatch Moun- ticians jumped on the CBE tains to the West Desert bandwagoa and through Utah's five Even the super-rich, though national parks and seven they can afford anything W. state parks, the new book money can buy, don't have is an indispensable guide time to enjoy every possible I', for the person who wants indulgence, and so they have f to find the most beautiful to prioritize their choices, campgrounds Utah has to paying for the enjoyment corn syrup will tend to rise. Prices of corn-fed livestock will rise. Other farmers are reducing production of other crops in order to produce more corn. The resulting drop in supply of soybeans et al naturally raises those prices. , With government economic eco-nomic planning having been thoroughly discredited by the spectacular failure of socialism so-cialism not many years ago, one would think that our own government wouldn't stray down that path, but would let the market determine de-termine what fuels are produced pro-duced for our vehicles. Alas, hope triumphed over experience, expe-rience, and the result is an emerging CBE fiasco. Uncle Sam is making another mess of things, and he's sticking you with the bill Dr. Mark W. Hendrick-son Hendrick-son is a faculty member, economist, and contributing scholar with the Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College. I. m mmmmmm I a uiu vnviiiiii'UViui -,c irairraiiyiitmi i offer. Lunch $3 35 Combo Dinner $5 25 i 1142 W. 800 S. PaysonUT 84651 801-465-0603 Open 11am -9:30pm M-Th 11am- 10pm F-Sat. I ' , W p v , of some things by forgoing others. Benefits always have costs. 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