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> industrials are paying more for sugar I'm not sure that more cheap sugar is a good thing

• ben7799 2y ago
  If 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 ago
  People 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.