Halloween is all about sugar. If you’re a kid, you trick-or-treat for it, and clever adults look forward to Nov. 1 when the Halloween-themed candy goes on sale.

But wherever you get your Halloween candy fix from, the real winner of the holiday is big sugar producers, artificially enriched by federal programs at taxpayer expense and reaping the benefits of high domestic prices.

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