[StJacques]

The tariff on sugar is the heart of the Sugar Subsidy and it is supported by corn farmers to an astounding degree.

When I say "Sugar Subsidy" I am referring to a host of things including tariffs, cut rates on crop insurance, non-production agreements with farmers, minimum price guarantees, and more. It's a whopper.

[SAJ]

Never a quarrel, mate. We're on the same page as usual.

Only difference, perhaps, is that I broke it down a bit more specifically.

Best of all worlds? Let a large cargo of raw sugar rot, then give Chavez an enema with it, and dump the rest into ADM's air vents at their Illinois headqtrs.

And set fire to the cane fields in FL and LA. 3 or 4 times a year, if possible. The envirowhackos would approve; cane is pretty hard on the soil, and in the US, cane is only grown on pretty marginal land to start. No loss at all, the soil improves over time. Bit of a problem for the sugar barons, but, frankly, if they can't make an honest profit w/o dipping into your and my pocket, screw them.

<<<--- NOT a nice guy on this subject

[SAJ]

Saint -- Old news. Long ago, the various ag lobbies got together and, effectively, formed a compact to mutually support each others' subsidies and handouts, lest each group be picked off one by one when proposals to reduce subsidies came along.

Said compact is still in force -- informally, of course, mustn't step over the anti-trust line, y'know.