In Reply to: About those jobs numbers... posted by mh on June 06, 2025 at 11:01:27
"But what grabbed my attention is the really big favor the bill includes for Florida’s Big Sugar.
"The feds already prop up our sugar industry with expensive government subsidies. This bill boosts that subsidy even higher, from 19.75 cents per pound to 24 cents per pound.
"Bear in mind that the sugar industry produces about 8 trillion tons of sugar every year. A hike of a nickel on a pound of sugar equals an awful lot of dough.