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Re:Why Is There a Bucatini Shortage in America? by lotsofpulp on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @09:17AM (#25569896)
Sorry, I didn’t realize it was an opinion piece. I had just remembered reading multiple times that sugar tariffs were implemented to enrich domestic sugar producers. This seems like a better analysis:

https://ksr.hkspublications.org/2016/03/18/sweet-nothings-th...

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Re:Why Is There a Bucatini Shortage in America? by koheripbal on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @09:27AM (#25570005)
Sugar, like all crop staples are supported by the government to ensure that crops are overproduced to protect against crop failure and famine.

Any article, like the one you just linked, that omits this fact is a horrible source of information.

I'm sure you HAVE INDEED read the misinformation about farm subsidies before - it is a popular lie.

This article talks a little bit more about current high food prices globally, and how it impacts US food security stockpiles....

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=4770135&page=1

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Re:Why Is There a Bucatini Shortage in America? by aardvarkr on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @09:31AM (#25570045)
Sounds like you didn’t read your own source then...
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