Red wrote:
> I talked to a brewer last year. He said the cost of sugar is so high
> because of the import taxes. He has sugar shipped to Canada and processed
> into candy. The candy is imported (not taxed as high). He then grinds it
> back into sugar, and costs LESS than using pure sugar. Go figure.

no import tax on sugar. But there is a quota on the amount allowed to
be imported, so the importers make out as do the beet and cane farmers.
But the taxpayer doesn't get any of the excess money and and we pay
considerably more than the world market price for sugar. Oh, and the
High Fructose Corn Syrup guys make out too.

That is why I think Life Savers are now made in Canada.

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