Why Halloween Is WAY More Expensive Than It Should Be

[@LynetteTheMadScientist]

You're missing a crucial detail. Its the corn industry that created this problem. In order to sell high fructose corn syrup they needed to make sugar more expensive, and they did so by forcing sugar production overseas. High fructose corn syrup is the bigger enemy here.

[@davidborden654]

Corn/corn syrup/ethanol, plenty there for a future episode.

[@DMH52]

What gets me is how expensive it is to avoid high sugar/high sodium meals for better healthy options.

[@Fahlorn]

It's not though. It's only expensive if you're trying to shop for both lifestyles. Meat, veg, fruit, outside wall of the market only, don't walk down an aisle and you'll be surprised how much you actually save.

[@stevenscott2136]

​@@Fahlorn In college, I just ate canned tuna and canned veggies. Throw them in a bowl, microwave, eat. I could afford fancier, but I was busy... lost some unwanted weight, too.

[@jeffdege4786]

Dietary sodium is overrated as a health hazard. For most people, it's elevated insulin levels that are causing their kidneys to hang onto sodium. Your real concern, after sugar, should be industrial seed oils.

[@BlueWaterLady]

I live in Florida in a city very close to the big lake Okeechobee. Ever heard of Diamond Sugar company? They own huge amounts of farms around the lake. Their lobbyist own, the Florida Government with protection plans in place.

[@Mocaknight]

You and fat electrician should do a video together

[@ericankney5957]

@the_fat_electrician hey Nic, you familiar with @Freitasz ? Match made in... Well, probably and old building full of mold, but the command assures us it's safe....

[@CorwinBos]

@@ericankney5957 Nick sitting in on the Unsubscribe podcast? :)

[@ericankney5957]

@@CorwinBos however, whatever, we just need Nic and Nick to collaborate on some content.

[@DADSGETNDOWN]

Never heard of him/her.

[@foobar1735]

sugar is not the only crop that farmers are paid to either not grow, or get rid of... it's all over the farming industry.

[@thomas_jay]

Also, sugar is the new tobaccao. It's an unhealthy addictive drug that is being fed to you by your well-meaning parents from early childhood.

[@robinlanyon3709]

Primarily in the form of corn syrup.

[@yewo.m]

So the real monsters are the ones in suit costumes

[@alexanderjaruk]

Always have been.

[@robertthomson1587]

It's not expensive if you just ignore it completely.

[@laurenlohmiller8845]

I know it’s not completely breaking free, but I do like to make Halloween candy for my family. Alton Brown has some great recipes and making peanut butter cups is easy too.

[@danielreschke2312]

You have some of the most informative videos out there in internet world.

[@drivingonice]

My Family has been making our own sweets for Halloween. It helps that we don't get trick or treaters in my neighborhood.

[@sander...444]

The EU has a lot of these policies in place for things like sugar, butter, but also grain and meat. The goal? Overproduction. The why? Never hunger in Europe again... this was a desperate wish after WW2 and in that, the EU succeeded. But at a cost...

[@SethDaughters]

I'm favorable towards tariffs, when we can produce the same crop/products here. I'm certain the federal government can be fully funded without income tax. That, however, stipulates the government only does what it is supposed to do. And Congress only met one month a year. And not always to pass more tyrannical laws.

[@c.galindo9639]

I would say cronyism goes hand in hand with politicians, lobbyists, and special interest groups that intricately hide their rise in profits adding to inflation to take more money from everyday citizens. This is way more complex to fully describe in three minutes alone as multiple facets and unseen avenues have to be explored as well as delved deeper into in order to find the root issue

[@billwhite1603]

Just cooked some Ballpark 100% beef hotdogs. These are the regular same Ballpark hotdogs, no special flavor or mix or anything. They are about 5" long. They look like the length of two vienna sausages put together. I would guess they are 60% of the size they were 6 months ago. Shame on Ballpark. They should maybe start getting away from meat packing union workers, or relocate to the South. America is being bankrupt and starved. I cannot afford just to eat them two for one. Even then buns are an issue.

[@ruvanefriebus-cv6td]

😔 my God what have we become?

[@Post-Trib]

Communists

[@hezekiahwallace2412]

The government subsidies monster.

[@hezekiahwallace2412]

Don't get me started with the corn industry.

[@walterbyrd8380]

Instead of Trick or Treating, we should have Halloween parties.

[@Burnlit1337]

Or just stay in and watch scary movies. Ease on your wallets. These even a lot of free ones with ads a right now.

[@Gaius_Julius_Caesar_Augustus]

There are dozens of high quality sites for free even with no ads ​@@Burnlit1337

[@mikereese15]

Well that was terrifying

[@NegiTaiMetal011]

Maybe we got to remember how Halloween originally was: the tradition of Samhain. After all, Halloween originated from that.

[@kma3647]

0:40 - the "cronyist who gouged Halloween" No, sir. In a free market the price is what people are willing to pay for it. It's clear that the market can and will bear the cost increase because their customers value their product. The only way that stops is if we stop buying the products at those prices. As long as you have parents who are willing to max out the credit cards to avoid disappointing the kids, the prices for these celebrations will remain high.

[@RussellNelson]

The point being that it's not a free market. It's a market with legislators in control. That is, not in any way a free market at all.

[@adamdrouin2295]

Exactly and I've been saying this for years to friends and family who complain about the price of anything. Companies will charge what customers are willing to pay no matter how outrageous the price

[@McMillanScottish]

Supply and demand. Satan is popular, Satan is expensive.

[@6teeth]

Better than heroine for the goverment.

[@DRAKKENFIRE22]

If the consumer is willing to pay the price, so be it. No one is forced to buy candy every Halloween.

[@nunyabidness3075]

That’s a really odd attempt to use a free market justification to excuse cronyism and collusion.

[@EricRedbear]

I would desperately love to get off sugar in general and stop having high fructose corn sugar crammed into almost everything I eat!

[@stevenscott2136]

Try raisins. I've virtually stopped eating candy (unless someone leaves it lying in the open at work), in favor of raisins. They're delicious.

[@LynetteTheMadScientist]

high fructose corn syrup is not part of Big Sugar, its part of Big Corn. And tbh high fructose corn syrup is a much bigger problem.

[@angliccivilization1346]

@@LynetteTheMadScientist True but the two work in concert. Big Sugar keeps sugar expensive and creates market scarcity while Big Corn fills the gaps with mass produced corn extract. it inflates the cost of sugar, and subsidizes the corn industry without the government having to do anything directly.

[@LynetteTheMadScientist]

@@angliccivilization1346 The only reason sugar is expensive is because Big Corn made it so. That's how they replaced sugar with high fructose corn syrup. They pushed sugar out.

[@nwmgnoe316]

This is why I don't feel sorry for corporate farmers .

[@nancywhitehead219]

Mostly we made our own costumes.

[@TheRozylass]

That's what I always did. I have photos of all the amazing costumes from over the years on our five children. They eventually got big enough to make their own too. Several got really creative.

[@RussellNelson]

2:05 "concentrated benefits and distributed costs". Yes, but there is a solution to that: We elect a single person, an executive director, whose job it is to look out for the interests of ALL Americans. Currently that person is a senile idiot (idiot previous to becoming senile), but previous Presidents have failed us time and time again. We need somebody who understands that his job is to represent ALL the people. Somebody with elected experience. In a state. Like Virginia. Like you, Nick.

[@RussellNelson]

Here's my "WHY" question: "Why do Presidents fail to represent the interests of every American?"

[@abcdef-ms9mb]

@@RussellNelson Because presidents have limited power, and need congress to work with them. And politicians are an interest group. Their interests don't always align with the public. In fact, they very often don't.

[@ctreid87]

Beard day!

[@basichistory]

Unfortunately the Irish sugar industry was closed down some years ago despite it being perfectly profitable.

[@Laceys-r1j]

I have a question- why can foreign countries purchase land here and we are not allowed to do the same in most countries. Why is the government not making this illegal, I keep hearing more and more about land being bought from overseas countries..😢

[@MGTOWGuy]

Joke's on them, I don't celebrate Halloween (I'm childfree).

[@McMillanScottish]

Talk across the top of the microphone, not directly into it. The pops are killing my subwoofers. Thanks.

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[@meg_khaaan2743]

I’m not the smartest so I think I didn’t really get the point of the video. I thought it’s a good thing for the government to regulate the influx of cheap sugar coming into our country..? I have no problem with sugar being more expensive than other food. Is this a libertarian issue? Could someone help me understand?

[@dashsocur]

It's a combination of issues. The first one you got just fine. Making foreign sugar more expensive due to tariffs. If that was the only issue, I'd agree with you in thinking it's not a big deal. The other issue(s) is how it's a closed industry (only those who know/pay the right people are allowed to even enter the industry) and that tax dollars are being used to intentionally make things more expensive for taxpayers. To summarize: 1) Government shouldn't be picking winners and losers. and 2) Spending money we don't have as a nation to make things more expensive is not a good use of our resources.

[@stevenscott2136]

3. Government can't be trusted to stop at reasonable points. Sugar tariffs went over well with the voters? Okay, now let's try coffee tariffs. And sneakers!! Money money money! Hey, people fall for "health" as an excuse for laws, let's try taking people's children away if they don't pass a triglyceride test. (And use it to harass our political enemies, of course!)

[@Rustyknife1]

Same old villain… corporate greed

[@joseph40ninjas88]

Brandon/Kamala did that

[@abcdef-ms9mb]

As much as I dislike them, that's not true. This stalin-esque system hsa been in place for decades, and every president and congress since then has been guilty of upholding it.

[@avivagodfrey]

So how do we get this video on Trump's desk?

[@ausbare140]

Why are people so afraid of a naked human body?

[@BLSoldier00]

Blame Evangelicals.

[@THall-vi8cp]

"And it is here that the hidden cost reveals itself as both beginning and end."

[@lemonblue6282]

I wonder how many other industries do that. Like if its just sugar and "just" $50 a year it's one thing - but if 5 other industries are doing that - it's $300.

[@sirguy6678]

Face it- it’s Trump’s fault.

[@abcdef-ms9mb]

Yes, but not in the way you think. This system has been in place for decades, and every president and congress since then has been guilty of upholding it. So yeah, Trump is technically at fault, but so is every politician for the past several decades that didn't call it out and work against it (so basically everyone). Politicians are not your friends, be iot D or R.

[@diegomontoya796]

Women. Next question.