The “Big Sugar” Cartel Cost Consumers $4.5B Last Year
January 24, 2011 at 14:06 PM EST
In a recent Wall Street Journal letter titled “The Sugar Program Makes Sense,” the American Sugar Alliance’s chief economist claimed that “sugar policy operates at no cost to the government and is projected to do so for the next decade.” While it’s true that U.S. sugar producers haven’t tapped American taxpayers directly since the beet [...]