You are being taxed to fund the production of a much more expensive sugar substitute. High tariffs on cane sugar are there to protect corn farmers, but the was

You are being taxed to fund the production of a much more expensive sugar substitute. High tariffs on cane sugar are there to protect corn farmers, but the wast majority of businesses enjoy no such protections. Because some things like hard candy just can not be made with corn syrup, some hard candy manufactures have moved factories to Mexico. Note that it wasn't labor costs that made them move, it's the fact that imported sugar has tariffs, but manufactured hard candy - 100% sugar, does not. This costs the US productive manufacturing jobs. And lastly, in some people's subjective experience many things made with cane sugar just taste better. Many people who have tasted both US and Mexican or Canadian coke or pepsi claim this, but again that's subjective.