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Americans are paying their food higher than they should because industrials are paying more for sugar because lobbyist paid money to politicians to get them to
by aucisson_masque 2y ago
Americans are paying their food higher than they should because industrials are paying more for sugar because lobbyist paid money to politicians to get them to put tariff on sugar import.
So, basically American's money is going in the pocket of big corporation thanks to corrupt politicians.
And it's still going on to these days, no government has yet removed these tariffs.
Isn't tariff what started the American revolution ? Things changed.
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoTariffs are going to MAGA. That’s what the orange man on fox news says.
- Jalad 2y ago> industrials are paying more for sugar I'm not sure that more cheap sugar is a good thing
- ben7799 2y agoIf the US didn't have tariffs on sugar we would not have HFCS in all of our food because it would be less expensive to go back to using cane sugar. The price of HFCS is cheaper than US-produced sugar, but is more expensive than the international market for sugar. The US puts the tariff on international sugar and subsidizes corn so that both the US sugar farmers, the corn farmers, and the giant industrial food manufacturers all win. The consumer loses due to all the subsidized corn syrup going into the food.
- aucisson_masque 2y agoPeople in america are free to eat all the fat and all the sugar they want, both at the same time. Having to pay extra so industrial and subsidized corn farmer can get rich, on the other hand it is not normal. Beside it promotes this political environment where politicians are expected to receive kickback in exchange for service.