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The candy lobby fights the sugar lobby on Halloween

By Timothy P. Carney
Published November 1, 2012 4:00am ET
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The candy lobby fights the sugar lobby on Halloween
Your candy costs more because of federal policies that drive up the price of sugar. The sugar industry likes these policies. So does the corn industry, because higher sugar prices drive food-makers to use corn syrup instead of cane sugar. The candy industry doesn’t like it, and neither do other companies that use sweetener. I […]

Your candy costs more because of federal policies that drive up the price of sugar. The sugar industry likes these policies. So does the corn industry, because higher sugar prices drive food-makers to use corn syrup instead of cane sugar.

The candy industry doesn’t like it, and neither do other companies that use sweetener. I wrote in July:

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