End ALL the old subsidies that have gone on for decades, whatever they may be for.  The government should be in the business of nurturing new industries and technologies, not supporting the old decaying ones.  If a industry can't stand on it's own after decades it needs to be allowed to crumble.  Subsidizes in industries like agriculture pervert the free market.

The subsidies for corn more than any other has infiltrated all facets of our countriy.   It is why we are trying to force vehicles to run on Ethanol. It is why we now feed our livestock an unnatural diet.  It is why high fructose corn syrup is in everything we buy, and why the diabetes and obesity epidemic gets worse every year. 

The subsidies for oil expoloration and development are equally damaging.  Wtihout them we as a nation would have been encouraged decades ago to move towards alternative energy with real effort.  It is why we have a transportation system that so favors trucking over rail.  It is why we have a food system the favors shipping food from coast to coast rather than buying local. 

It time to make the hard changes.  END THE SUBSIDIES for all the old and established industries that hang on due to special interest lobbies.