One curious thing I found in FEC snorkeling was that the sugar lobby pays enormous amounts of money to Don Young in Alaska. Most industries don't give money to every conceivable politician, like people think they do, but the sugar companies and beer wholesalers are all about it
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A further amusing point—End Citizens United, the PAC that is ostensibly devoted to removing corporate money from politics, allows the candidates it backs to take political donations from American Crystal Sugar because it is technically a co-operative.
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