Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio casts himself as a champion of limited government and in a new campaign ad even depicts himself as a warrior against special interests.
But on issues including sugar subsidies, online gambling, spending on military contractors, telecom regulations, and taxpayer support to scandal-plagued for-profit colleges, Rubio has backed a sweeping and costly role for the federal government.
What is it about those issues that gets Rubio to act against his stated small-government principals? Theyre all associated with powerful political donors Rubio has carefully cultivated over the years.
- Sugar Subsidies: Federal sugar subsidies provide sugar producers with special loans that boost the price of sugar f…
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