What do you think about this sugar shortage business? Here’s what AOL’s Walletpop blog is reporting:

On Aug. 5, General Mills, Hershey Co, Mars Inc., and Kraft Foods alerted Thomas J. Vilsak, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, of their combined forecast of low sugar supplies. These food companies warned that if the Agriculture Department does not allow them to import more tariff-free sugar, “our nation will virtually run out of sugar” and they will be forced to raise consumer prices and lay off workers.

Is this a real problem? Or are the food companies just trying to bully the government into something that will make them more money?

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