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Policy Disruption Must Be Rational, Not Chaotic
(Andrew Langer) – The inherent tension in Washington, DC has long been between those who wish to maintain the existing status...
Chuck MuthMay 8, 2018 -
Only Thing Big Candy’s Sugar Bill would Grow is Unemployment
As renewal of the Farm Bill comes up for discussion in Congress this week, lobbyists for the candy industry are pulling...
Chuck MuthMay 7, 2018 -
Equaling The Playing Field On Trade Is A Sweet Deal For The US
(Mario H. Lopez) – With issues surrounding international trade now on the forefront of various countries’ economic agendas, American proponents of...
Chuck MuthMay 2, 2018 -
Deflating Tim Carney’s Anti-Sugar Program Arguments
Tim Carney is a highly-respected free-market conservative. But in a recent column trashing the U.S. sugar program he finds himself at...
Chuck MuthMay 2, 2018 -
Congress Should Focus on the REAL Problems Hurting Kimmee Candy
A few years ago, my daughter and I took a tour of Kimmie Candy in Reno. Met the owner, Joe Dutra. ...
Chuck MuthApril 26, 2018 -
Don’t Blame American Sugar Farmers for the High Cost of M&Ms
A recent editorial critical of the U.S. sugar program published by the Treasure Coast newspaper in Florida started out thusly… “You...
Chuck MuthApril 18, 2018 -
Orlando Sentinel Admits Sugar Program Inconvenient Truth
In their unrelenting attacks on the U.S. sugar program, opponents have regularly used false or misleading information to buttress their case...
Chuck MuthApril 11, 2018 -
My Two Cents Worth on Big Candy’s Big Lie Campaign
In a pre-Easter article, Adam Allington of Bloomberg News claimed that consumers purchasing “chocolate bunnies, jelly beans, and marshmallow Peeps” didn’t...
Chuck MuthApril 4, 2018 -
The Candy Man’s Straw Man
When opponents of the current U.S. sugar program put out press releases, statements, op-eds, letters-to-the-editor and other propaganda, it usually requires...
Chuck MuthMarch 29, 2018 -
It’s Not a Free Market if the Government Makes it “Compulsory”
Earlier this month President Trump imposed tariffs on foreign competitors to the U.S. steel and aluminum industries – with temporary exemptions...
Chuck MuthMarch 21, 2018