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Originally Posted by cajunkid
Three more reasons I hate sugarcane. It is tax subsidized. According to the Washington Post, sugar subsidies cost us taxpayers 3.7 billion a year. Second, I have asthma. Last year, I had to go to the E.R. due to burning of cane field by my house. The sugar lobby shoves over $500,000 in congressman's pockets every two years. Many of those politicians are the first to beat their chest over other air pollution/climate change garbage, but look the other way regarding open burning after getting paid off by the sugar mafia. Third, the little asphalt road I live off of is riddled with potholes after harvest. None of which the farmers are asked to repair. The parish just throws cold mix in the potholes which last about 2 months. Local police jury here in Vermilion Parish will not do anything because, you got it, dominated by cane farmers. Yeah, I got the reddazzzz over sugarcane.
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Wouldn't the road be riddled with potholes even if there was rice or beans there? 25,000 lbs of sugarcane weighs the same as 25,000 lbs of rice or beans
Not touching the subsidies comment, not going there, not going there, but there are some mistruths in that statement and if you look at other crops you will see many are subsidized as well
