• @JcbAzPx@lemmy.world
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    21 month ago

    Corn syrup was cheaper than sugar well before Clinton. One of the main reasons for the “new coke” debacle in '85 was the switch from sugar to corn syrup.

    • @disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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      21 month ago

      Right. That was due to corn subsidies encouraging overproduction. Those expired under Clinton. We knew it was a problem, but he put the economy before our national health and renewed the subsidies.