Lugar Targets Federal Sugar Racket

By: catoinstitute (Diary)  |  March 30th at 09:30 PM  | 

Promoted from the diaries by Caleb. By Tad DeHaven The federal government has been meddling with sugar production since 1934. Today’s convoluted system of supply controls, price supports, and trade restrictions benefits domestic sugar producers at the expense of consumers and utilizing industries. In other words, sugar producers “win” and the rest of the country “loses.” Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) just introduced the “Free Sugar | Read More »