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Pototan

(2,763 posts) Sat Jul 26, 2025, 05:36 AM Saturday

Iowa Farmers Screwed By Trump Administration

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) — TV6 Investigates is taking a deeper look into the science of sweeteners after Coca-Cola announced it is introducing a line of cane sugar.

The move came after pressure from President Donald Trump and the “Make America Healthy Again” initiative led by Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The switch would replace high-fructose corn syrup in Coke’s new line -- sugar that’s produced from corn grown in the Midwest. The move would hurt corn farmers and likely lead to higher prices at the grocery store.

https://www.kwqc.com/2025/07/24/cokes-move-cane-sugar-what-it-means-farmers-shoppers-quad-cities/

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Iowa Farmers Screwed By Trump Administration (Original Post) Pototan Saturday OP

"Ha ha. Farmer suckers and losers. Ha ha." - Krasnov (r--felon) BoRaGard Saturday #1

I Heard The Reason modrepub Saturday #2

We'll be so healthy from switching to real sugar and dropping food dyes tanyev Saturday #3

I seem to remember that cane sugar was also something to avoid. travelingthrulife Saturday #4

Iowa: the state that recognized marriage equality before California did. Aristus Saturday #5

BoRaGard

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1. "Ha ha. Farmer suckers and losers. Ha ha." - Krasnov (r--felon)

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Sat Jul 26, 2025, 05:39 AM

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modrepub

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2. I Heard The Reason

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Sat Jul 26, 2025, 06:48 AM

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Corn was used as a sweetener over sugar was because the American sugar producers had placed a high tariff to protect their business from cheaper producers in the Caribbean. I think most US sugar production is in FL.

tanyev

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3. We'll be so healthy from switching to real sugar and dropping food dyes

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Sat Jul 26, 2025, 08:39 AM

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that it won't even matter that nobody’s getting vaccinated for measles or polio or covid or flu or pneumonia or hepatitis!

travelingthrulife

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4. I seem to remember that cane sugar was also something to avoid.

Reply to tanyev (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 09:42 AM

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Shouldn't we be focusing on encouraging people NOT to drink soda? Wouldn't that MAHA? Improving our drinking water, ending our dependence on bottled water and soda.

Aristus

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5. Iowa: the state that recognized marriage equality before California did.

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 09:51 AM

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And then voted for Trump twice.

See what happens when you depart from the path of humanity? Serves you right, corn shuckers.

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