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Imagine how expensive coke would be without the US corn subsidy.
by paltman 11y ago
Imagine how expensive coke would be without the US corn subsidy.
- benihana 11y agoMexican Coke isn't any more significantly expensive than US Coke.
- nowey 11y ago355ml glass bottle in mex costs 6 pesos, or 0.30usd, while the plastic bottle version at half a liter goes the same price. cans can go as much as 10 pesos in vending machines. 2L plastic is around 25 pesos or $1.50USD. I don't buy soda so my numbers may be off by 10%.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoIt wouldn't be more expensive. Coke uses HFCS because of the corn subsidy. If that went away, they'd surely revert to sugar.
- jessaustin 11y agoIn that case we'd probably just import real sugar. Agricultural handouts lead to more agricultural handouts.
- searine 11y agoAnd less dead poor people! But we don't care about those. Your hipster sugar is more important.
- jessaustin 11y agoI support giving poor people any amount of money (or food, I guess?) directly. I don't support messing up the commodities market (and numerous other things as a result) for the alleged purpose of feeding them HFCS. Did you infer "hipster" from the italics?