N&V Staff November 30, 2015
Opinion
Beware the Big Candy Bailout
(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – Even though U.S. Census data say otherwise, U.S. candy manufacturers claim they have been shipping jobs overseas for years. And according to their extremely well-compensated lobbyists, the fault is the high price of domestic sugar. As such, Big Candy is once again seeking a congressional bailout of sorts...
N&V Staff July 14, 2015
Business
Will nine times be the charm for Big Candy?
(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – Big Candy didn’t get to be Big Candy by taking no for an answer. Since 2012, lobbyists for candy-makers and cookie bakers have used their considerable political clout and a small fortune from chocolate bar sales to pressure Congress to gut the U.S. sugar program and the...
N&V Staff July 7, 2015
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