Sugarcoating the Cost of Special Interest Subsidies with Food Stamps

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  June 14th at 09:00 AM  | 

Here’s a novel idea: let’s stop subsidizing Big Sugar.  Maybe if the government wouldn’t intervene in the agriculture sector, inducing sharp increases in the price of commodities, many of the 46 million people on food stamps would be able to afford food. Then again, why would liberal politicians abrogate their source of political power?  They stand to benefit from subsidizing rich sugar farmers and keeping | Read More »