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The sugar lobby’s up to its old tricks again 

A General Accounting Office report released this Halloween confirmed that U.S. sugar consumers have been paying more for sugar than they should be due to the federal sugar program. This amounts to a $40 hidden tax per year on a four-person family, due to a 50-year-old Farm Bill program that doubles sugar prices on average.

 U.S. consumers have been paying$ 3 to$ 4 billion more annually for their sugar because of the federal sugar program for years, according to a General Accounting Office report that was released this Halloween. That equates to an annual$ 40 hidden tax on a family of four, brought on by an outdated farm bill program that, on average, doubles… U.S. consumers have been paying$ 3 to$ 4 billion more annually for their sugar because of the federal sugar program for years, according to a General Accounting Office report that was released this Halloween. A family of four would be subject to an annual$ 40 hidden tax as a result of an outdated farm bill program that, on average, doubles… 

A General Accounting Office report released this Halloween confirmed that U.S. sugar consumers have been paying more for sugar than they should be due to the federal sugar program. This amounts to a $40 hidden tax per year on a four-person family, due to a 50-year-old Farm Bill program that doubles sugar prices on average.

  

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