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GOP senator rips Trump over sugar deal with Mexico
The Hill ^ | 06/29/2017 | Mallory Shelbourne

Posted on 06/29/2017 10:47:44 AM PDT by GIdget2004

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) on Thursday voiced his opposition to the Trump administration’s agreement with Mexico on the sugar trade, saying the deal increases the costs for consumers.

“I disagree—the new sugar deal hikes prices for consumers even more. Here’s why," Toomey wrote on Twitter, quoting a tweet from President Trump and linking to his own remarks on the agreement.

Trump early Thursday touted the deal on Twitter, saying it is “a very good one” for both countries.

“New Sugar deal negotiated with Mexico is a very good one for both Mexico and the U.S. Had no deal for many years which hurt U.S. badly,” Trump said.

But Toomey, who hails from the state that is home to The Hershey Company, a chocolate manufacturer, argued the “deal actually makes the problem worse,” referring to current sugar prices.

In a speech earlier this month on the Senate floor, Toomey slammed the agreement, saying it is bad for American consumers and workers.

“The fact is this is a bad deal for the United States. I am completely mystified as to why our Commerce Department would agree to it,” Toomey said at the time.

“It’s a bad deal for U.S. consumers, and we’re all consumers. It’s a bad deal for American workers. It completely fails to address the high price of sugar that we have in America today.”

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To: meadsjn

I have not changed my habits other than no HFCS. Still drink soft drinks, and whatever else. Lost 30 lbs in a few months.


21 posted on 06/29/2017 11:30:24 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: meadsjn

According to the Princeton Study cited earlier the thread, HCFS is 48% more fattening. That’s plausible. 14 times is probably impossible because sucrose is already pretty bad.


22 posted on 06/29/2017 11:32:26 AM PDT by Wayne07
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To: Deplorable American1776

And with a few more “wins” like this Hershey will make all of their candy somewhere besides the USA. Does “Buy American” include enriching just a few US Sugar producers? I suppose it does but then the logic for steel, rubber, and wood isn’t any different than sugar.


23 posted on 06/29/2017 11:33:08 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: MrShoop
It was a PA or NP at our company health fair who told us the "14 times" thing.

I just had to cut down on carbs and sugars of all sorts. It's amazing how just cutting out the soft drinks, microwave meals, and canned foods can help with that.

24 posted on 06/29/2017 11:37:49 AM PDT by meadsjn
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To: DIRTYSECRET

“If Hershey moved to Mexico why should Toomey care?”

The executives stayed in Pennsylvania. I suspect they are big donors.


25 posted on 06/29/2017 11:39:50 AM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: SkyDancer
Hershey produces brown colored wax with some sugar in it.

Ever try Swedish Fish? Mostly Carnauba wax. You could wax your with them!! (Godiva is good chocolate. My wife loves a box of their stuff...)

26 posted on 06/29/2017 11:41:12 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Ouderkirk

I agree. I think HFCS is a cause of rampant diabetes. I take the sugar.


27 posted on 06/29/2017 11:41:29 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: meadsjn

“I just had to cut down on carbs and sugars of all sorts. It’s amazing how just cutting out the soft drinks, microwave meals, and canned foods can help with that.”

I can cut all of these but Chocolate. Not Chocolate.


28 posted on 06/29/2017 11:42:10 AM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: GIdget2004

If some liberal politician wants to tax sugar and sugar products for the health purposes that would probably be just fine.


29 posted on 06/29/2017 11:43:27 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: jeffc
Rats!

...wax your car with them...

30 posted on 06/29/2017 11:43:50 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

If Hershey moved to Mexico why should Toomey care?

...

Perhaps Hershey still owns shares in Toomey.


31 posted on 06/29/2017 11:48:45 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Mariner
Certainly there are millions who would pay more for products with sugar than with HFCS. You just can’t find them anymore.

Completely ironic how one can go into most supermarkets and buy coca cola bottled in Mexico... with Sugar... and, in glass too!

32 posted on 06/29/2017 11:54:43 AM PDT by C210N
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To: Rusty0604

Obviously, my case is anecdotal, but I cannot imagine that I am alone in my experience.


33 posted on 06/29/2017 12:02:29 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: GIdget2004

Where was this POS when Hersey moved its operations to Mexico?

Toomey better remember - Trump carried PA.

Another idiot Republican. What a surprise - NOT.


34 posted on 06/29/2017 12:07:34 PM PDT by ZULU (DUMP THAT POS PAUL RYAN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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To: Deplorable American1776

The only thing worse than Mexican sugar barons is American sugar barons. The sugar industry is a terrific case study of cronyism:

https://www.atr.org/sugar-policy-sweet-economy-a7127

The corn robbers have a way to go before they even come close. Uncle Sugar loves sugar and sugar loves uncle. A pox on both their houses.

Free the sugar market!


35 posted on 06/29/2017 12:14:23 PM PDT by antidisestablishment ( We few, we happy few, we basket of deplorables)
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To: Ouderkirk
I have not changed my habits other than no HFCS. Still drink soft drinks, and whatever else. Lost 30 lbs in a few months.

It also contributes to acne.

36 posted on 06/29/2017 12:34:10 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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To: Mariner
The US congressional subsidies are to blame for the universal shift to HFCS.

You have it backwards. Restrictions on sugar imports make HFCS cheaper. If we allowed unlimited imports, sugar would be used in many products which currently use HFCS.

37 posted on 06/29/2017 12:35:07 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (TANSTAAFL)
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To: jeffc

I like that sea salt chocolate made by Lindt.


38 posted on 06/29/2017 12:37:15 PM PDT by SkyDancer (You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
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To: meadsjn
Supposedly, the HFCS in one Dr. Pepper is 14 times more fattening than the same drink sweetened with sugar.

That would be a neat trick, since they're both composed of the same sugars and contain the same number of calories.

39 posted on 06/29/2017 12:37:44 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (TANSTAAFL)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

Restrictions on sugar imports are not a subsidy to corn?

That, in addition to real subsidy.


40 posted on 06/29/2017 12:42:50 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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