The US sugar program which restricts how much sugar can be imported from overseas and sold in the United States.
According to the CATO Institute, the restrictions inflate sugar prices here. The group says the U.S. buyer pays 36 cents for a pound of sugar, while sugar prices across the globe are on average 50 percent lower.
Sugar producers spend millions every year lobbying to protect their hold on US consumers, even when current consumption cannot meet up to demand. This costs consumers not only in granulated sugar but also in all the products they consume that contain cane sugar.
American consumers are entitled to the benefits of a free market economy.