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The False Argument about “Exorbitant” Sugar Prices
According to WIVB News 4 reporter Chris Horvatis last week… “Ford Gum and Machine Company is calling for a major change...
Chuck MuthMarch 14, 2018 -
Talkin’ ‘bout Sugar, Sugar, Sugar
By Chuck Muth, President, Citizen Outreach “By Spring of 1942, Americans were unable to purchase sugar without using government issued coupon...
Chuck MuthMarch 8, 2018 -
A Free-Market Argument for a Smart Trade Policy on Sugar
(Chuck Muth, President, Citizen Outreach) – As lobbyists and PR firms for Big Candy, Inc. continue their legislative efforts in Congress to...
Chuck MuthMarch 1, 2018 -
Zero-for-Zero a Sweet Valentine’s Day Gift for Free (and Fair) Marketers
It’s Valentine’s Day. And you know what means: Big Candy is out in force with PR press releases, op-eds and blog...
Chuck MuthFebruary 14, 2018 -
Ending DC’s Titanically Stupid Fake ‘Free Trade’ Is The Far More Important Policy Change
(Seton Motley) – First – a bit of disclosure. DC is a fairly small, very expensive place. If you’re involved in...
Chuck MuthFebruary 5, 2018 -
To End Sugar Subsidies, Conservatives Can’t Launch a Frontal Attack
(Rick Manning) – As predictable as the changing seasons in Vermont, when the farm bill needs reauthorization, the same old tired...
Chuck MuthFebruary 5, 2018 -
Anti-Sugar Program Rhetoric Grossly Overhyped and Extraordinarily High
In a recent guest op-ed published by the Daily Caller, Ross Marchand, Director of Policy for the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, argued...
Chuck MuthJanuary 30, 2018 -
Trump Doctrine on Fair Trade Mirrors Existing U.S. Sugar Program
Following recommendations by the U.S. International Trade Commission, President Donald Trump this week slapped a 30 percent tariff on imported solar-energy...
Chuck MuthJanuary 24, 2018 -
Sugar Farmers Swing Back at Infamous “Pyle Letters”
(Chuck Muth, President, Citizen Outreach) – Nick Pyle, chief lobbyist and “attack dog” for the Independent Bakers’ Association, is as relentless...
Chuck MuthJanuary 18, 2018 -
To Start the Year, a Little Truth-Telling about the U.S. Sugar Program
(Chuck Muth) – Meet the New Year. Same as the old year. At least as far as critics of the highly...
Chuck MuthJanuary 10, 2018