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cpursleyyesterday at 1:07 PM1 replyview on HN

It's the regulations and subsidies that created the very situation in the first place (in the USA, at least). Twinkies are cheap because we literally pay farmers to grow cheap carbs and sugar. It was design this way, well - lobbied.


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guitarlimeoyesterday at 2:04 PM

I can believe that unfortunately. Good regulation is hard to do without lobbyists getting what they want at the expense of people.