Reform the U.S. Farm Bill — End the sugar program
Reform the U.S. Farm Bill — End the sugar program A small network of private sugar companies has rigged the federal Farm Bill to secure enormous government handouts at the expense of consumers and taxpayers — to the detriment of clean air and water in Florida. By imposing controls on production and greatly restricting imports, the cost of the sugar program in the U.S. Farm Bill is shifted to American consumers in the form of much higher prices than on the world market. Windfall profits generated by the program are then used by the industry to buy influence in the form of lobbying and campaign contributions. This rigged system safeguards policies that protect Big Sugar at the [...]