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Jeff Miller: Right. That is what makes it so crazy is that we are, in effect, subsidizing sugar again; we are buying that land.…

On the recordApril 23, 1997
Right. That is what makes it so crazy is that we are, in effect, subsidizing sugar again; we are buying that land. Another little interesting subsidy about the sugar program is we cannot grow enough sugar in the United States to satisfy demands, so there is no choice about the fact whether we do not import or not. We have to import sugar.
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Jeff Miller
Florida

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Discussing the implications of the U.S. sugar subsidy program.

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