| Sugar Daddy? Tariffs And Import Quotas: | ISONOMIA |
|---|---|
| “What’s it
to
me? ”
you murmur, between
munches of
your
PayDay© candy bar.
Uncle Sugar
picks your pocket
to pay the piper
for political
patronage when
you buy
la dolce vita.
The United States
would be swamped
with imported sugar!
and
Jobs
would
leave
this country
if U.S. sugar growers
were not protected
from foreign competition. Green Card workers from Dominican Republic, Mexico, and other countries keep America Strong by coming here to perform these jobs. These workers leave their families, jobs on nearby sugar plantations, and heroicly help harvest sugar cane in the swamps of Florida and Louisiana. Some American jobs are important to save. Others are squandered as carelessly as you buy chewing gum, lottery tickets, and have pictures taken by “Red Light Cameras.” Brach candy company in Chattanooga closed a factory which made candies with high sugar content. Many other American candy companies failed and lost jobs because they must pay “protection money” to U.S. Sugar producers (who pay politicks). Cost price of Sugar (#14) in the United States is much higher than the price of World Sugar (#11) available to Canadian companies. Should we protect jobs in American candy factories? Canadian candy factory workers could be encouraged to leave their homes and work in Chattanooga if candy imports are stopped. But unemployed dentists would scream!, and gnash their finagling Fangs ###! Oliver Wendell Holmes said: Taxes are the price we pay for civilization. He neglected to observe that protective tariffs and import quotas are the fleas and ticks on the guard dog. State of Florida to buy 187,000 acres of U.S. Sugar Corporation. ( 24 June, 2008.) IPSEITY.us Isonomia.us TaxJudas.com |