Country Wise Production and Distribution of Sugarcane around the World
Posted on 12/03/2015 3:28:02 PM PST by VinL
The head of the nation's largest sugar beet cooperative said Thursday that shareholders will see improved results this year, but two of his group's biggest challenges are the anti-genetically modified foods movement and Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz.
American Crystal Sugar Co. CEO David Berg received the only round of applause during his speech to the group's annual meeting when he challenged Cruz to a debate over the Republican presidential candidate's call to do away with government support for the sugar industry.
"We will defend the sugar program for a long, long time," Berg said, pretending he was addressing the Texas senator. "Hopefully longer than your presidential race will last."
Berg said at a news conference afterward that if Cruz and other politicians against the sugar program get their way, it will put American sugar companies out of business in favor of exports from Brazil, where he said growers receive $2 billion from their government to grow sugar cane.
"Sen. Cruz says he doesn't like crony capitalism, but how does he feel about subsidized socialism?" Berg asked. "Because that is what is going to happen."
Catherine Frazier, a spokeswoman for the Cruz campaign, did not respond to an email seeking comment. Her cellphone wasn't accepting voicemail.
Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/news/business/article47774695.html#storylink=cpy
No idea, but that's not a concern for politicians it's a concern for sugar producers. If sugar cane is a better crop then let the market decide that.
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”. . . when he challenged Cruz to a debate over the Republican presidential candidate's call to do away with government support for the sugar industry.”
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponents Argument
GMO controversies aside, it remains that the states have never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate, tax and spend for agricultural purposes. This is evidenced by the following excerpts from case opinions written by a previous generation of state sovereignty-respecting justices.
”Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” - Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
”From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited. None to regulate agricultural production is given, and therefore legislation by Congress for that purpose is forbidden [emphasis added].” - United States v. Butler, 1936.
So why doesn’t Harvard Law School-indoctrinated Sen. Cruz argue this point? It seems that the law schools are not emphasizing anything about the federal governments constitutionally limited powers before FDRs state sovereignty-ignoring activist justices trampled 10th Amendment-protected state sovereignty.
One advantage with sugar beets is the much wider range where they can be grown vs cane sugar. They grow sugar beets in northern Michigan while cane sugar requires semi tropical climates.
Corporate pigs at the welfare trough.
In other news: American Crystal CEO Berg to step down in 2016
Short war.
I live in Pointe Coupee Parish where there are 10s of thousands of acres in sugar cane. I agree with Cruz. I say that it is a stupid crop and should no longer be subsidized.
Americans pay more for sugar than anyone else on the planet but Venezuelans. Good to know Cruz opposes this crony capitalism.
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