Did Congress Make You Fat?

Congress routinely enacts tarrifs (import taxes) to protect American industry by making American goods cheaper than inports. But what happens when a ridiculously small industry gets its way? Take sugar for example. The American sugar industry is basically isolated to the Florida, Hawaii, and Louisiana. Not much of the US lies within the sugar belt. As small as the sugar industry is, it just got even smaller. Florida's largest sugar plantation recently sold its cane fields to the state for a reclamation project in the Everglades. The big boys of American sugar wanted to be able to compete with cheaper, more plentiful imported sugar so they went to Congress and asked for a tarrif. Congress passed a quota, limiting the amount of sugar we are allowed to import. So if there's a limit on how much sugar we import how is that making us fat? Cutting the supplyof sugar raises the price, so food companies have to look for a cheaper alternative. Enter high fructose corn syrup. Compared to HFCS sugar is practically a health food. HFCS causes cravings, so you eat more. Suprise! A third of the country is obese now! This just one of many examples of well-meaning bills that go through Congress that no one takes the time to read or understand, most likely because it takes 1500 pages to enact a tarrif. This is the kind of nonsense that needs to stop, and if elected I will work to put an end to the practice. I support a Read the Bills Act, as well as a One Subject at a Time Act. In theory, these bills will force Congress to take the time to read what they are voting on and limit each bill to a single subject, eliminating the amendments that serve as a back door to passing wasteful spending and bills that would never pass on their own. In actuality, who knows- the Constitution is supposed to limit the powers of government as well, in theory.