The Post (Wonkblog) has a piece arguing the merits of taxing sugar, that is sugar instead of soda.
I'm sure one could find in back issues of the Post an attack on USDA's current sugar program, which sets import quotas for foreign sugar, as costing the American consumer millions of dollars in added costs for their sugar. I'm also sure you won't find the food movement backing the sugar program as an instance in which government programs make Americans healthier.
(Note: I really have no brief for the sugar program; I just note the world is more complicated than advocates realize.)
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