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Because the corn lobby wants to keep corn demand high and that includes having high fructose corn syrup king of sweeteners. And the cane sugar lobby wants to keep protective tariffs and subsidies in place so a few can make a killing growing sugar cane in the Everglades.
Pat Toomey wrote at Red State about ending the sugar program. It came close, but recent attempts to end this nonsense failed. Politicians of either party will not vote against their own state's economic interests, even if they know the country will be better off if they did so. Which shows how hard it is to get rid of such programs once they get entrenched, both parties will fight to protect their state's special interests. The end result is sugar is much more expensive in the United States than in Mexico.
It is cost effective for the Mexicans to make their soft drinks with cane sugar. In the United States most soft drink companies (there are a few small exceptions) use high fructose corn syrup. That is why Mexican Coke tastes better.
Related nonsense: Are we going over the Milk Cliff (or Milk Fall)?
Related nonsense: Are we going over the Milk Cliff (or Milk Fall)?
