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- TIL the US strictly limits the import of sugar and uses tax dollars to subsidize US sugar businesses, creating a shortage of sugar. This is the main reason why the US price for sugar is 21¢ per pound compared to the world average price of 3¢ per pound, and costs US consumers $250 millon annually. http://www.fff.org/freedom/0498d.asp 2104 comments politics
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