Red State Socialism makes you sick - Campaign for Liberty

Red State Socialism makes you sick - Campaign for Liberty: "Taxpayers spent $84.4 billion on corn production, $8.1 billion of which funded production of corn starch and sweeteners. Of the total domestic corn produced, 9.6 percent ended up in junk food and beverages as sweeteners or thickeners.

Apples, the only fruit or vegetable to receive significant federal subsidies, garnered $689 million during the same period.

By contrast, nutritionists point to the “Twinkie subsidy.” Of 37 ingredients in the fattening, empty-calorie confection, taxpayers subsidize at least 17, including corn syrup, high-fructose corn syrup, vegetable shortening and corn starch."