Toxic algae bloom blankets Florida beaches, prompts state of emergency

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25. Their business model is looting.

U. S. Sugar prices are almost double international prices due to import quotas and price supports. They are able to keep their subsidies because food stamps are also in the Farm Bill and representatives use the excuse of protecting food stamps to vote for a bill that includes subsidies. Their business model includes taking starving children as hostages.

They use a portion of the excess profits to buy politicians. The Fanjuls bankrolled Rubio's initial run for the Senate. Sugar lapdogs have made sure that Florida has never enforced the Polluter Pays amendment that was passed by the citizens of Florida back in the 90s. Instead, excess polluted storm water on sugar lands is routed into the tens of thousands of public land known as Storage Treatment Areas and Water Conservation Areas for storage and cleaning. Those lands are filled to capacity by the sugar companies and are therefore not available for excess water from Lake O, even though there are canals and pumps in place and it is all publicly owned and managed. The excess Lake O water then gets redirected to the coasts where it inflicts environmental and economic damage.