While the federal government can’t magically get gas prices under $1 per gallon, a few policies other than the federal gas tax of 18.3 cents per gallon make our trips to the pump more expensive.

One of them is the ethanol mandate. It’s a corporate welfare handout to big agriculture that pierces American paychecks at the pump and the grocery store. Ethanol is a biofuel usually made of corn, but it’s also made of soybeans and other crops. When you fill up at a gas station in the United States, you’ll often notice that in addition to your gas being unleaded, it contains 10% ethanol.