XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.usa, talk.politics.misc   
   From: recscuba_google@huntzinger.com   
      
   On 7/21/25 03:18, super70s wrote:   
   > ...   
   > If Coca-Cola follows Trump/RFK's quack science (doubtful, in the end) it   
   > will mean a huge hit on the economy, for American corporations and   
   > farmers. Also take several years to implement considering the amount of   
   > soda that is sold in the US.   
   >   
   > The US has no capability to grow enough cane sugar for the soft drink   
   > industry; most of it is imported from Brazil and other countries.   
   >   
   > Which means the price of soft drinks would go up considerably.   
      
      
   Compounded, of course, by the tariffs that the US has on sugar:   
      
   "The basic in-quota tariff is 1.4606 cents per kilogram (0.663 cents per   
   pound) for raw sugar and 3.6606 cents per kilogram (1.660 cents per   
   pound) for refined sugar. Most countries qualify for an exemption from   
   these tariffs under either the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)   
   program, which requires periodic renewal by Congress, or under a free   
   trade agreement, which provides a permanent waiver. The out-of-quota   
   tariff is 33.87 cents per kilogram (15.36 cents per pound) for raw   
   sugar, and 35.74 cents per kilogram (16.21 cents per pound) for refined   
   sugar."   
      
   TL;DR: at roughly $2 for a 5lb bag retail, the +80 cents per bag is a   
   100% tax rate at wholesale.   
      
      
   > Not that Pres. Dickhead and basket case RFK give a shit.   
      
   Nope.   
      
   -hh   
      
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