Government spends $38M to keep sugar prices high
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Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:17 pmby Engineer
This should help to keep gas (ethanol) and grocery prices up.
http://www.startribune.com/business/212038671.html“Record-breaking yields of sugar crops and a global surplus have driven down U.S. sugar prices, and USDA is required to act to stabilize the domestic market,” the USDA said in a statement.
Re: Government spends $38M to keep sugar prices high
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Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:58 amby 68Camaro
There's no market manipulation. It's a free market.... (sure - just like with PMs)
Re: Government spends $38M to keep sugar prices high
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Mon Jul 08, 2013 6:36 amby Engineer
What grinds my gears is having to pay for it on both ends. Higher taxes/deficits to make sure the price of gas and bread (soda, beer, honey nut cheerios, etc.) stay artificially high.
Fluffy kittens...
Re: Government spends $38M to keep sugar prices high
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Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:41 amby IdahoCopper
What this country needs is a good, old-fashioned reset.
All laws, all constitutional amendments, all court decisions, all presidential executive orders, etc. enacted since 1860 would be instantly repealed, with a few exceptions. Those exceptions would include slavery remaining illegal, ....... feel free to add your suggested exceptions to the list below:
We would recognize that the phrase in the Constitution .."all men are created equal ..." would include all races and both sexes.
Kinda makes you wonder if a Reset Party could grow fast enough to upset one of the Republicrat parties and win elections.
Re: Government spends $38M to keep sugar prices high
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Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:20 amby Bluegill
IdahoCopper wrote:What this country needs is a good, old-fashioned reset.
All laws, all constitutional amendments, all court decisions, all presidential executive orders, etc. enacted since 1860 would be instantly repealed, with a few exceptions. Those exceptions would include slavery remaining illegal, ....... feel free to add your suggested exceptions to the list below:
We would recognize that the phrase in the Constitution .."all men are created equal ..." would include all races and both sexes.
Kinda makes you wonder if a Reset Party could grow fast enough to upset one of the Republicrat parties and win elections.
It would never see the light of day. Too many segments of society slopin' at the trough of public largess who will never tolerate losing their subsidies. Which would be the result of a true reset.