Did the U.S. Sugar Program kill Oreo cookies?

In a recent Daily Signal column, Bryan Riley was in near hysteria over the loss of 600 jobs baking Oreo cookies in Chicago after Nabisco announced it was moving its manufacturing operation to Mexico.  According to Riley, the decision was directly related to the current U.S. sugar program of relatively minor import tariffs and quotas. […]

Sugar program opponents not entitled to their own facts

I understand why free market advocates are opposed to the U.S. sugar program of modest tariffs and import quotas that don’t cost taxpayers a dime.  I’m a free marketer myself and want the sugar program to go away, as well. However, I live on Planet Reality, not Planet Nirvana. And the reality is we now […]