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<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: larger;">The U.S. Senate has voted again to continue sugar subsidies even though a coalition of free-market advocates tried to convince Senators to include an amendment to the farm bill to reduce the subsidies.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: larger;">The amendment was voted it down 54-45. Currently the federal government makes all the decisions about supply and demand and pricing rather than allowing the free market to set the prices.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: larger;">To read more about how the regulation of sugar and its impact on businesses, jobs, the economy and each of us click on the following link:</span></p>
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