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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09-20-2013, 03:48 PM
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