More On Candy From Mexico (that you thought was American)

For once, USA Today had a semi-good story here. Subject is candy. A rather topical story, it being Valentine's Day and all, and a lot of us, wishing to stay married and intact, sought the candy route.
Guess most people thought that Hershey candy was still made in Hershey, PA. It isn't, it's gone the Mexico route. Thanks, NAFTA.
And Brach's, which moved there in 2003.
And they are not alone.

In some ways, I can't blame them. A good bit of the reason, I hear, is the cost of sugar. Seems the the sugar cartel (probably not an entirely accurate term, but not totally inaccurate either) has purchased enough votes in the Congress to ensure that foreign sugar has such high tariffs that the cost per pound of sugar in the US is about twice that in the rest of the world. Sugar, obviously, and the price thereof, is a major concern of candy makers. Mexico is a bit more sensible.
By the way, the next time some nitwit starts to grumble about the use of high fructose corn syrup as a sweetener, now you know why so many food processors prefer to use it: it's less expensive. This is what happens when you get the federal government involved in trading votes for cash and being involved in matters that are, strictly speaking, NONE of the federal government's business.