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Investigating the Investigating Grand Jury -- What It Is, What It Does
by Andrea F. McKenna, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Appeals and Legal Services, Criminal Law Division
With a federal grand jury in Washington D.C. in the news almost daily, Pennsylvanians might wonder if state prosecutors also make use of grand juries. The answer is they do. Both the Attorney General and the Commonwealth's 67 district attorneys have the ability to use the powerful investigative tools of a grand jury to fight crime. The Attorney General regularly uses the resources of a multicounty investigating grand jury to investigate such activities as suspected drug trafficking, insurance fraud, Medicaid fraud, and other examples of organized crime and public corruption. District attorneys often convene grand juries to develop evidence and solve difficult crimes. Because a grand jury meets and deliberates behind closed doors, few citizens are aware of what a grand jury is and what it does. What follows is a brief guide to help you investigate the investigating grand jury.
What is a grand jury and what does it do ?
A grand jury convened under Pennsylvania law is a group of 23 citizens called together to investigate suspected criminal wrong-doing. The word "grand" distinguishes the jury from a "petit" jury of 12 who sit at trial to decide a defendant's guilt or innocence. Pennsylvania law provides for two types of grand jury--a multicounty investigating grand jury with statewide jurisdiction, convened on the application of the Attorney General, and a county investigating grand jury, generally convened upon the application of a county district attorney and limited in jurisdiction to the county in which it sits. Whether multicounty or single county in its make-up, a grand jury sits as a body and hears testimony of persons subpoenaed to appear before it.
Unlike a petit jury which decides whether the person on trial is guilty or not guilty of the crime charged, a grand jury's function is to determine whether sufficient evidence exists for prosecutors to file a complaint initially charging a person with a crime. If, after hearing and reviewing evidence presented to it, a grand jury determines there is sufficient evidence of criminal activity, the grand jury issues a written document called a "presentment." The presentment summarizes the evidence the grand jury has heard and recommends that prosecutors file specific charges against specific persons. Under Pennsylvania law, a prosecutor is not required to follow the grand jury's recommendation that criminal charges be filed. In most cases, the prosecutor does follow the grand jury's recommendations and often uses the grand jury presentment as the basis of the "affidavit of probable cause" needed to file criminal charges.
Where did the concept of a grand jury begin?
The grand jury originated many years ago in England. It was intended to serve as a buffer between the powerful King and his commoner subjects. The theory was that by summoning persons from the community who were likely to know the person under investigation, the grand jury would protect the common folk from arbitrary and oppressive action by the Crown. Our founders considered the grand jury to be an essential part of government. Consequently, they provided in the Fifth Amendment that prosecutions for serious crimes could only be instituted by the action of a grand jury. In Pennsylvania, "indicting" grand juries, that is grand juries which institute criminal charges, are no longer used. Pennsylvania grand juries are investigative bodies which recommend that a prosecutor file charges, but have no authority to enforce such a recommendation.
How is a grand jury selected ?
Like winning the lottery, random selection plays a role in being chosen as a grand juror, particularly in the case of a multicounty investigating grand jury. A county grand jury, convened by a district attorney, is chosen in much the same way as a trial jury, with county citizens providing the pool of prospective grand jurors. A multicounty investigating grand jury, as its name implies, is selected from a pool of citizens from various counties. Prospective jurors come from six counties selected at random in a drawing conducted by the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts. The seventh county required to provide jurors is always the county which will be the site of the grand jury. Generally, multicounty investigating grand juries convened at the request of the Attorney General have met in Harrisburg, the headquarters of the Attorney General's office. On a few occasions multicounty investigating grand juries have been convened in the eastern and western parts of the Commonwealth.
The Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court designates a judge to supervise the activities of the grand jury. The supervising judge travels to each of the seven counties and selects prospective jurors through a procedure known as a "voir dire." During this process, the supervising judge asks prospective jurors questions designed to establish both their suitability and their willingness to serve as grand jurors. The law requires that a grand juror be a citizen of Pennsylvania of voting age and able to read, write and understand the English language. Conviction of a crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year makes a person ineligible for grand jury service. Because a grand jury meets three or four days a month for 18 months to two years, grand jury service can be a hardship to people who must care for family members or whose own health is frail. Such extended service can also be a hardship for persons who perform vital or highly skilled jobs. For this reason, the supervising judge is likely to grant reasonable requests to be excused from grand jury service.
From these seven counties, a jury pool of 200 persons is selected. Random selection again comes into play as the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts randomly selects 50 names. These 50 persons come together for a second voir dire, again conducted by the grand jury's supervising judge. This is the last opportunity for persons who believe that grand jury service will prove a hardship to themselves or their families to present their request to be excused to the supervising judge. Eventually, the group of 50 is winnowed down to 30---23 grand jurors and seven alternates. As the term of the grand jury progresses and permanent grand jurors are excused from duty, the alternates will fill the vacancies and become voting members of the grand jury.
Why is a grand jury so effective in fighting crime ?
Because criminal activity--particularly crimes involving fraud--often occurs out of public view, rooting out evidence of criminal wrong-doing can be difficult. Persons who have knowledge of criminal activity are often understandably reluctant to share their information with prosecutors, either because they, too, are engaging in criminal activity or because they fear retribution from the "bad-actors" they turn in. A grand jury is equipped with powerful legal tools which can overcome the various barriers to obtaining evidence. First, the grand jury has the power to issue subpoenas to compel persons to appear before it and answer questions about the matter under investigation. A person served with a grand jury subpoena who refuses to appear or to testify may be held in contempt and jailed. The prospect of time in prison is generally a powerful incentive for otherwise reluctant persons to be forthcoming with their knowledge of criminal activity.
While both the federal and state constitutions protect a person from being forced to give testimony which is personally incriminating, a grand jury may also get around this barrier to obtaining a person's evidence. If a prosecutor believes that a subpoenaed witness is likely to make a legitimate claim that his testimony will tend to incriminate himself, the prosecutor may apply to the supervising judge of the grand jury for an order of immunity. Such an order gives the witness protection from having his testimony before the grand jury used against himself in a later court proceeding. Protected with an immunity order, a witness must testify or face being found in contempt and jailed.
The grand jury also has the power to subpoena documents. By using this power, the grand jury can obtain all types of records from sources such as banks, businesses and telephone companies. This information is often extremely useful in identifying participants in criminal activity and tracing the financial gains of criminal activity.
Criminals do not respect of political boundaries. Drug traffickers, for example, ply their trade wherever they find willing buyers. Prosecutors, on the other hand, must respect political boundaries. A county district attorney is limited to investigating and prosecuting crimes which occur within the county borders. A multicounty investigating grand jury may have jurisdiction over the entire state, meaning it has the legal authority to investigate criminal activity in each of the Commonwealth's 67 counties. This particular power of a multicounty investigating grand jury makes it a powerful tool for obtaining evidence of organized criminal activity which crosses county borders.
Grand jury proceedings are conducted in secret. The start of a grand jury investigation is not publicly announced nor are names of persons subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury made public. The proceedings are not open to the public and both the grand jurors and the prosecutors who bring evidence before the grand jury swear not to disclose matters occurring before it. The secrecy of the proceedings protects both the integrity of the investigation and the privacy of persons called to testify before the grand jury.
With all this secrecy, how does information "leak" from the grand jury ?
The only legitimate means through which grand jury proceedings can be made public is through the persons who are subpoenaed to testify. They, alone, of all the people associated with the grand jury, have the right to disclose their testimony to whomever they choose, if they choose to do so.
A grand jury witness is served with a subpoena which indicates where and when the witness should report. Prior to entering the grand jury room, the witness appears in private, or with other grand jury witnesses, before the supervising judge. The judge instructs the witnesses as to the rights and duties of a grand jury witness and then administers an oath in which the witness swears to answer truthfully all questions asked.
When called to the grand jury room, the witness sees the grand jurors, usually seated at tables, a court reporter and one or more prosecutors. Unlike a federal grand jury witness, a witness before a Pennsylvania grand jury may take a lawyer into the grand jury room. While the lawyer may not pose objections to questions asked or address the jury, the witness is free to consult with counsel and obtain advice.
The prosecutor begins the session by posing questions to the witness. Everything said in the grand jury room is transcribed by a court reporter. When the prosecutor has finished asking questions, individual jurors may, and often do, pose questions to the witness.
Typically, a grand jury investigation will extend through several months. When the prosecutor has no further evidence to put before the grand jury, the jurors are asked to consider a presentment recommending that specific persons be charged with specific crimes. After considering this request in closed deliberations, the grand jury may ask to hear more evidence or may question the addition or exclusion of certain persons from the list of persons against whom charges are to be recommended. If the grand jury agrees to consider a presentment, prosecutors prepare a draft document which summarizes the evidence the grand jury has heard and sets out specific, recommended charges. The grand jury considers this document in secret proceedings. If twelve or more of the 23 permanent grand jurors agree, the presentment is "returned" and submitted to the supervising judge for his approval. After the judge's review, the presentment is typically sealed until the prosecutor is ready to bring the recommended charges. At that point, the grand jury's work on this investigation is finished; however, the potential defendant's days in the legal system are just beginning.
For further information:
The complete text of the Investigating Grand Jury Act is at 42 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes §§ 4541 through 4553, 42 Pa. C. S. § 4541 et seq.
A helpful guide to grand jury practice is Pennsylvania Grand Jury Practice by Savitt and Gottlieb, Banks-Baldwin Law Publishing Company, 1993.


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DLC MC: Beware DSiWare
When Nintendo's DSi handheld was first released last April 5, the third iteration of the DS came with a $10 coupon for downloadable games. How cool, how hip, I thought. Cool as a Mario in Doc Martens. I immediately downloaded two games. Man, was I wrong.
Every time I tried to begin the picture-taking game, WarioWare: Snapped!, a message would say, "Recognition failed. Player's skin tone and background color are too similar." It said this when I was in front of a white background, an orange background and a black background. As frustration built, I got this weird feeling that I wasn't human anymore, that I was a ghost that couldn't be seen -- not just by the DSi, but by anyone. Screw you, Wario. I am human and alive and therefore fail to recognize your crappy DSi game.
I moved on to something called Aquia, Art Style Series. On the first screen, the name changed to Art Style: Aquia. Whatever; it's like Tetris. You clear blocks with the help of an underwater diver. But there is a lot of instruction. That's not like Tetris. Tetris is easy to understand. With Tetris, you don't really need language.
If Wario won't recognize my face, do I even have a face?
Aquia has all these inane, semi-inscrutable instructions. Some of them I could read by tapping the touch-screen. Some of them made me hit a button. Once, when I moved to a previous page, the instructions changed to Spanish. Screw you, Aquia and that 4-bit-looking diver. Screw you for making me feel dumb. Screw you for all of my problems.
I shut the DSi off. I didn't pick up the DSi to look at downloadable content for months. When I returned, I went to the Nintendo DSi Shop. You get that pseudo-'70s game show music when you go, similar to the music you get on the Wii. It's snappy, but somehow depressing, like elevator music at Macy's.
It wouldn't let me proceed. I had to install a system update. The DSi beeped a lot when it was downloading the new software. It sounded like that beeping sound down the hatch in "Lost"; you know, the one that had Desmond trapped and ever-vigilant at the computer screen because something bad would happen if he left his watch.
Beep. Beep. Beep. This is not good, I kept thinking. Something is going to blow up. Little green dots flickered as the three-minute download entered the DSi system. This all sounded and looked so menacing. Couldn't they have had Mario running from Bowser or Mr. Miyamoto doing a jig or something?
I restarted the thing. This time, I turned the volume down as I browsed. There was this red message that said, "Important." Whenever I see something in red like that, I think someone is out to get me for a bill I haven't paid. But I paid all my bills. Maybe Nintendo wanted to charge me for WarioWare and Aquia after all.
With trepidation, I tapped on the word "Important." Actually, it was a press release for DSiWare games for the week of 9/21/2009. For 500 points ($5), I could purchase a version of Clubhouse Games that included Backgammon. But I already have Clubhouse Games. And there was nothing new about these casual offerings. I could get versions for free on the Web.
The other title was MySims Camera for 200 points. "You can take photos and overlay 3D MySims characters to bring them into the real world." Bringing Sims into the real world scared me. It made me think I'd have to understand that Simlish language. Or Spanish. Or Spanish Simlish.
I started browsing again. There was this orange frog there on the page. I like frogs. I actually saw a real orange frog at the Museum of Natural History once. Maybe the frog would be my friend and turn into a beautiful princess. I tapped its amphibian cuteness and waited. Unlike Aquia, there was no description at all at the next screen, except the words "Flipnote Studio: Animation Tool: Free." If it's free, it's for me and I'll take three. So far, so good: It didn't want to make the Sims real or anything.
Flipnote Studio came wrapped with a bow-in-a-box icon. I tapped it with the stylus and it greeted me warmly with orange letters, "Welcome to Flipnote Studio, your own handy tool for making memorable notes and animated flip books!" Well, wait. If the notes I make are already memorable, why would I need to put them down and save them in the DSi? Oh, those game copywriters! Don't get me started.
Flipnote Studio started a tutorial and asked me for my birth date. You don't want my social, too, do you? I must have tapped the wrong thing, because I was suddenly out of the tutorial. I think that in the future, it will say my birthday is in 2000. I'm so young now. Let's go play with frogs and put one down Margie's dress!
Back in the tutorial, the little frog told me to draw something. So I started drawing a companion frog, because every frog needs a pal. But the frog interrupted me with more instructions, saying there are all sorts of different tools to work with in Flipnote Studio. "Test them to see how they work."
"Dude, I just want to finish drawing my frog. Is that all right with YOU?"
Think Tetris with inscrutable instructions.
The frog let me draw one more line. Then, it interrupted, "If you want to get back to the toolbox, you can tap on me at any time."
"Screw you, frog, for not letting me finish my art. You could have had a nice, friendly Zen pal to calm you down. To be your good friend. But no. You had run your mouth, getting all interruptive and stuff. Screw you, frog." (No one backs Harold into a corner.)
Anyway, Momma always told me there's always some kind of string attached to something that's free. But did I ever listen? I still don't.
I went back to the Shop. That infernal elevator music is gonna make me throw this DSi into the East River. I wanted to see what they had beyond the screen that gave me four Recommended Offerings. But the shop seemed to have this invisible shopkeeper that wouldn't allow me to see the complete offerings unless I added points to my DSi. Damn troll of a gatekeeper. So I added 2,000 points and continued my so-called adventure.
Will I ever find anything of use in DSiWare? Will the Sims speak in Hebrew-lish to me?
Will that Macy's music haunt my dreams? Will the orange frog ever be my friend? Come back next month to find out.


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One of the biggest corportate blunders in American history also is a story of a quick reversal.
Today is the 25th anniversary of the introduction of "New Coke," writes AJC reporter Jeremiah McWilliams.
It's a story of how one of the best run companies in the world lost its way with its customers, and then quickly turned the fiasco around.
"We've learned to listen more closely to our consumers since then," Coke historian Phil Mooney told McWilliams.
Can you think of a similar corporate blunder where a company lost its way with key customers?
How about quick reversals to turn things around?
By the way, did you like the taste of New Coke?
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April 23rd, 2010
7:21 am
it's hard to believe this folly continues to hold credibility. the "New Coke" was actually one of the most brilliant moves a coporation has ever made. at the time, Pepsi was making tons of money because they sweetened with corn syrup, while Coke used sugar. Sugar was obviously significantly more expensive, so Coke was at a disadvantage. Coke understood they couldn't simply change to corn syrup, because it would alter the taste of Coke and there would be an uproar, threatening their position. The only way to make a switch was to create a break – in this case, a red herring. Roberto Goizueta (I am giving him the credit) arrived at the brilliant idea to create "New Coke" that was so sweet, and actually more like Pepsi, to get people to clamor for the original Coke (which they did). After a brief time, they acted like the people had won, they had been stupid, and came out with "Coke Classic", claiming it was the original formula – even though they had substituted corn syrup for sugar. with this charade, Coke immediately reduced their production costs significantly, and people were now placated with the "return" to the "classic" formula of Coke. Even now, Coke is very careful to say that they were "stupid" and that they have "learned to listen more closely to our customers." We are all so gullible and so easily fooled. In contrast, remember the real blunder by Audi when the 5000 series had problems with shifting into gear – they refused to take any responsibility and totally destroyed the brand for years.
April 23rd, 2010
8:15 am
Coke, New Coke, Coke Classic and Pepsi are nonentites in my life. Give me cool, clear water! Drink up, addicts.
GM, Ford and Chrysler come to mind, but it took decades for them to feel the results. Hopefully they're on the path to turning it around, but it certainly wouldn't qualify as quickly.
April 23rd, 2010
8:34 am
Jay, I've read your comments and your theory. For the past 24 years and 364 days I've listened to and read similar comments and theories. I must tell you this morning that you are about 99% wrong. The only part that is true is that it was intended for New Coke to appeal to loyal Pepsi consumers and still meet the needs of Coke consumers. Conspiracy theories are intriguing but I'm sorry to honestly say that none are here.
April 23rd, 2010
9:24 am
"It provided cover for the final removal of all coca derivatives from the product to placate the Drug Enforcement Administration, which was trying to eradicate the plant worldwide to combat an increase in cocaine trafficking and consumption. While Coke's executives were indeed relieved that the new formula contained no coca, and concerned about the long-term future of the Peruvian government-owned coca fields that supplied it in the face of increasing DEA pressure to end cultivation of the crop, there was no direct pressure from the DEA on Coca-Cola to do so.[5] "
"That the company intentionally changed the formula hoping that consumers would be upset with the company and demand the original formula to return, which in turn would cause sales to spike.[1] "
April 23rd, 2010
9:29 am
yep, that redesign of the Tropicana Orange Juice packaging – bad decision: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/business/media/23adcol.html?pagewanted=all
April 23rd, 2010
9:36 am
One word:
But in the end, they are rarities. Ugly Lemon sucking face rarities. To each their own…
April 23rd, 2010
9:43 am
The four seated Thunderbird.
April 23rd, 2010
9:48 am
Jay, you are completely wrong about Audi. The Audi story is not about a corporate mistake at all. Audi was ruined by fraudulent journalism such as the 60 minutes story that showed an Audi taking off with no driver input. The car was rigged by mechanics to do just that – any car can be modified in the same way to give the appearance of a "sudden acceleration problem." The real problem was the brake pedal was closer to the throttle because this was a driver's car – designed for "heel-toe" brake/throttle application. Drivers who crashed through their garage walls were standing on the accelerator and not the brake, as the believed. the air conditioner compressor cut switch, at the bottom of the accelerator was broken from excessive force – proof that it was the throttle and not the brake that was pressed.
Your Coke conspiracy theory is just as invalid. Coke began the switch to corn syrup in 1980 – well before the "new coke" fiasco.
Take your tinfoil hat off once in a while and let your skull breathe.
April 23rd, 2010
9:48 am
The success in Coca Cola's New Coke was the company's good sense
to listen and act to what their customer's had to say of the product
instead of trying to force the product down the customer's throat.
(No Pun Intended.)
The fiasco was more at the level of a bad idea that was easily
and quickly dropped before it brought damage to the business.
April 23rd, 2010
10:05 am
I HATED the "New Coke"…so glad when "Classic Coke" was put on the grocery store shelves.
April 23rd, 2010
10:06 am
I love Mountain Dew.
April 23rd, 2010
10:08 am
Here's one that many may have forgotten about:
"Urban Outfitters sells a Monopoly knockoff called Ghettopoly, in which the classic game pieces such as the top hat, shoe, and car are replaced with machine guns, marijuana leaves, and rocks of crack cocaine. In reaction to protests, the retailer discontinues the game."
April 23rd, 2010
10:11 am
Macy's has been a big corporate blunder for the last five years. They eliminate century-old brands that inspired loyalty – in the case of Marshall Field's, it inspired worldwide respect and admiration and their main store was one of the top tourist destinations for the city.
They bragged that this would create a "national department store" which would somehow be better able to serve customers. This killed tourism shopping – why go to Chicago, or Miami, or Seattle to buy the same stuff you can get at Lenox?
Dozens of high-end brand names that proudly offered "exclusives" to regional department stores ran away from Macy's, which they deemed too common.
Then they consolidated the regional buying offices, putting thousands out of work and further homogenizing the product mix. Of course, closing down the old Macy's South office at Perimeter allowed the AJC to move out of downtown… unless one considers that to be another big mistake.
April 23rd, 2010
10:14 am
New Coke tasted like Pepsi. People who drink Coke were like a nest of yellow jackets until "Classic," was brought back. Truly a dumb move. I'm glad Coke acknowledges it as such.
April 23rd, 2010
10:19 am
Mountain Dew will rot your teeth out faster than any other soda
April 23rd, 2010
10:29 am
Captain Midnight – Oh, I agree on the four seater Thunderbird – more aptly named the "Blunderbird". I plan to drive my restored '55 T-bird forever!
April 23rd, 2010
10:32 am
Whether it was a conspiracy or poor information from "insiders", it took a lot of guts for Coca-Cola to shelve a brand that was so successful in order to compete with Pepsi. It took even more guts for Coke to admit they made a mistake and "re-introduce" Coke as Coke Classic. Even after all that it's still the Number 1 soft drink i the world and one of the most recognizable brand in history.
April 23rd, 2010
10:32 am
"Coke, New Coke, Coke Classic and Pepsi are nonentites (sic) in my life."
That's just super.
Crystal Pepsi, anyone?
April 23rd, 2010
10:51 am
What many of you may also not recall is that once Coke had "re-introduced" Classic Coke, they did NOT pull New Coke from the grocery store shelves. For quite a good bit of time, both products were available, and the combined sales of the two products were greater than the sales of Coke had been before New Coke was introduced. Coke ultimately garnered a slightly higher market share.
I worked for Trust Company Bank at this time and I remember the hoopla that surrounded the intro of New Coke. They had a huge "coming out party" at Woodruff Park downtown, and gave away zillions of free samples of New Coke. I was such a believer in that company at the time, that I was willing to go along with the strategy simply because I figured they new better than we did.
Hard to say now whether the whole thing was some sort of conspiracy or a huge blunder. I know that Roberto Goizueta was a hallowed corporate figure and one of the best this country has seen in the last 100 years. Warren Buffett certainly loved him.
April 23rd, 2010
10:52 am
Webvan. An online grocery store with home delivery. People never abandoned traditional brick and mortar stores. It lost 830 million dollars.
On the flip side witness Blockbuster. Netflix for example, which offers home delivery has eliminated the need for a trip to a traditional store to pick up a movie.
April 23rd, 2010
11:03 am
Crystal Pepsi
The McDLT
April 23rd, 2010
11:20 am
At the mini-microeconomic level, the New Coke was a major blunder. My wife was a devout Coke drinker–until the switch. She went to Pepsi and never switched back. In the last 25 years, we've bought an awful lot of cola–with a ratio of about 24:1 Pepsi to Coke.
For the commenter who mentioned Macy's, their biggest gaffe to me was that red star. Every time I see it, I expect to hear the "Internationale" with a voiceover by Stalin or Mao opening with "Comrades".
April 23rd, 2010
11:21 am
How about some of the decisions that Bob Nardelli made when he was CEO of Home Depot? I guess, Henry, it took a little longer to reverse those. But the company lost its way with customers when it neglected customer service, at least according to customers and analysts that I've talked to.
April 23rd, 2010
11:22 am
We've got a satirical take on the New Coke fiasco, as well as another epic soft drink blunder in this episode of Perspectives, San Antonio's #1 Historical News Program…with puppets!
April 23rd, 2010
11:36 am
The McDLT wasn't a failure with consumers. The gimmick was that the lettuce and tomato wouldn't get warm and soggy because it was in a separate container until you were ready to eat it. This required a special double-clamshell box. When McDonald's dumped all of the foam packaging, the McDLT disappeared.
Anyone remember the "Arch Deluxe?"
They may have finally gotten it right with the latest wave of "premium" sandwiches. The new Angus burgers are good, but I have to be in denial about the salt and fat to consider eating one.
April 23rd, 2010
11:39 am
The premise of your story is baseless. "It seemed like a good idea at the time"? Only if they were COMPLETELY ignoring customer preference. The change was widely advertised ahead of time and was a dud with customers before it was even implemented. Gross arrogance was driving this, and that is timelessly dangerous.
April 23rd, 2010
12:38 pm
The Great Sugar Shaft
by James Bovard, April 1998
The U.S. government has devotedly jacked up American sugar prices far above world market prices since the close of the War of 1812. The sugar industry is one of America's oldest infant industries — yet it dodders with the same uncompetitiveness that it showed during the second term of James Madison. Few cases better illustrate how trade policy can be completely immune to economic sense.
The U.S. imposed high tariffs on sugar in 1816 in order to placate the growers in the newly acquired Louisiana territory. In the 1820s, sugar plantation owners complained that growing sugar in the United States was "warring with nature" because the U.S. climate was unsuited to sugar production. Naturally, the plantation owners believed that all Americans should be conscripted into the "war." Protectionists warned that if sugar tariffs were lifted, then the value of slaves working on the sugar plantations would collapse — thus causing a general fall in slave values throughout the South.
In 1934, the U.S. government imposed sugar import quotas to complement high sugar tariffs and direct government subsidies to sugar growers. By the 1950s, the U.S. sugar program was renown for its byzantine, impenetrable regulations. Like most arcane systems, the sugar program vested vast power in the few people who understood and controlled the system. As author Douglas Cater observed in 1964, "In reviewing the sugar quotas, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Cooley has had the habit of receiving the [foreign representatives interested in acquiring sugar quotas] one by one to make their presentations, then summoning each afterward to announce his verdict. By all accounts, he has a zest for this princely power and enjoys the frequent meetings with foreign ambassadors to confer on matters of sugar and state."
Sugar quotas have also provided a safety net for former congressmen, many of whom have been hired as lobbyists for foreign sugar producers.
Since 1980, the sugar program has cost consumers and taxpayers the equivalent of more than $3 million for each American sugar grower. Some people win the lottery; other people grow sugar. Congressmen justify the sugar program as protecting Americans from the "roller-coaster of international sugar prices," as Rep. Byron Dorgan (D.-N.D.) declared. Unfortunately, Congress protects consumers from the roller-coaster by pegging American sugar prices on a level with the Goodyear blimp floating far above the amusement park. U.S. sugar prices have been as high as or higher than world prices for 44 of the last 45 years.
Sugar sold for 21 cents a pound in the United States when the world sugar price was less than 3 cents a pound. Each 1-cent increase in the price of sugar adds between $250 million and $300 million to consumers' food bills. A Commerce Department study estimated that the sugar program was costing American consumers more than $3 billion a year.
Congress, in a moment of economic sobriety, abolished sugar quotas in June 1974. But, on May 5, 1982, President Reagan reimposed import quotas. The quotas sought to create an artificial shortage of sugar that would drive up U.S. prices and force consumers to unknowingly support American sugar growers. And by keeping the subsidies covert and off-budget, quotas did not interfere with Reagan's bragging about how he was cutting wasteful government spending.
Between May 1982 and November 1984, the U.S. government reduced the sugar import quotas six times as the USDA desperately tried to balance foreign and domestic sugar supplies with domestic demand.
While USDA bureaucrats worked overtime to minutely regulate the quantity of sugar allowed into the United States, a bomb went off that destroyed their best-laid plans. On November 6, 1984, both Coca Cola and Pepsi announced plans to stop using sugar in soft drinks, replacing it with high-fructose corn syrup. At the drop of two press releases, U.S. sugar consumption decreased by more than 500,000 tons a year — equal to the entire quotas of 25 of the 42 nations allowed to sell sugar to the United States. The quota program drove sugar prices so high that it wrecked the market for sugar — and thereby destroyed the government's ability to control sugar supply and demand. On January 16, 1985, Agriculture Secretary John Block announced an effective 20 percent cut in the quota for all exporting countries.
Sugar quotas made it very profitable to import products with high amounts of sugar. As a USDA report noted, "The incentive to circumvent restrictions had led to creation of new products which had never been traded in the United States and which were designed specifically for the U.S. market." On June 28, 1983, Reagan declared an embargo on imports of certain blends and mixtures of sugar and other ingredients in bulk containers. Naturally, businesses began importing some of the same products in smaller containers. The Economic Report of the President noted, "Entrepreneurs were importing high-sugar content products, such as iced-tea mix, and then sifting their sugar content from them and selling the sugar at the high domestic price." On November 7, 1984, the Customs Service announced new restrictions on sugar- and sweetener-blend imports.
Federal restrictions made sugar smuggling immensely profitable. The Justice Department caught 30 companies in a major sting operation named Operation Bittersweet. Federal prosecutors were proud that the crackdown netted $16 million in fines for the government — less than one-tenth of 1 percent of what the sugar program cost American consumers during the 1980s. The Justice Department was more worried about businessmen's bringing in cheap foreign sugar than about the sugar lobby's bribing of congressmen to extort billions of dollars from consumers. (Public Voice for Food and Health Policy, a Washington, D.C., consumer lobby, reported that the sugar lobby donated more than $3 million to congressmen between 1984 and 1989.)
A few thousand sugar growers became the tail that wagged the dog of American foreign policy. Early in 1982, Reagan announced the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) to aid Caribbean nations by giving them expanded access to the U.S. market. In his May 5, 1982, announcement, Reagan promised, "The interests of foreign suppliers are also protected, since this system provides such suppliers reasonable access to a stable, higher-priced U.S. market. In arriving at this decision, we have taken fully into account the CBI." But between 1981 and 1988, USDA slashed the amount of sugar that Caribbean nations could ship to the United States by 74 percent. The State Department estimated that the reductions in sugar-import quotas cost Third World nations $800 million a year. The sugar program has indirectly become a full-employment program for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, as many poor Third World farmers who previously grew sugar cane are now harvesting marijuana.
The Reagan administration responded to sugar-import cutbacks by creating a new foreign-aid program — the Quota Offset Program — to give free food to countries hurt by reductions. In 1986, the United States. dumped almost $200 million of free food on Caribbean nations and the Philippines. As the Wall Street Journal reported, "By flooding local markets and driving commodity prices down, the U.S. is making it more difficult for local farmers to replace sugar with other crops." Richard Holwill, deputy assistant secretary of state, observed, "It makes us look like damn fools when we go down there and preach free enterprise."
The U.S. government's generosity to sugar farmers victimizes other American businesses. Brazil retaliated against the United States for cutting its sugar quota by reducing its purchases of American grain. In the Dominican Republic, former sugar growers are now producing wheat and corn, thereby providing more competition for American farmers. American candy producers are at a disadvantage because foreign companies can buy their sugar at much lower prices. Since 1982, dextrose and confectionery coating imports have risen tenfold and chocolate imports are up fivefold.
The sugar program has also decreased soybean exports. In the Red River valley of Minnesota, heavily subsidized sugar growers have bid up the rents on farmland by more than 50 percent. As a result, relatively unsubsidized soybean farmers can no longer find sufficient land to grow soybeans, America's premier export crop. This illustrates how restrictions on imports become restrictions on exports.
The sugar program is corporate welfare in its most overt form. The General Accounting Office estimated that only 17 of the nation's largest sugar cane farmers received more than half of all the benefits provided by the sugar cane subsidies. GAO also estimated that the 28 largest Florida sugar cane producers received almost 90 percent of all the benefits enjoyed by Florida sugar producers from federal programs.
The number of American jobs destroyed by sugar quotas since 1980 exceeds the total number of sugar farmers in the United States. The Commerce Department estimates that the high price of sugar has destroyed almost 9,000 U.S. jobs in food manufacturing since 1981. In early 1990, the Brach Candy Company announced plans to close its Chicago candy factory and relocate 3,000 jobs to Canada because of the high cost of sugar in the United States. Thanks to the cutback in sugar imports, 10 sugar refineries have closed in recent years and 7,000 refinery jobs have been lost. The United States has only 13,000 sugar farmers.
Many observers expected that, with the Republican Revolution in Congress, the sugar program would be abolished when the new farm bill was written in 1996. Instead, the sugar program's survival became one of the starkest symbols of that revolution's collapse. Two-hundred and twenty-three House members cosponsored a bill to get rid of the sugar program; but, when push came to shove, the sugar lobby persuaded several sponsors of the bill (including freshman conservative stalwarts Rep. Steve Stockman [R.-Tex.] and Rep. Sue Myrick [R.-N.C.]) to switch sides. The House voted 217-208 to continue the program.
Environmentalists were anxious about the adverse effects of Florida sugar cane production on the Everglades. Congress did not choose the obvious solution — ending subsides that irrationally encourage sugar production in a fragile area — but instead voted $200 million to clean up the Everglades by buying some of the sugar cane fields from farmers.
There is no reason why the United States must produce its own sugar cane. Sugar is cheaper in Canada primarily because Canada has almost no sugar growers — and thus no trade restrictions or government support programs. Paying lavish subsidies to produce sugar in Florida makes as much sense as creating a federal subsidy program to grow bananas in Massachusetts. The only thing that could make American sugar cane farmers world-class competitive would be massive global warming.
Mr. Bovard is the author of Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty (St. Martin's Press, 1994) and Shakedown (Viking-Penguin Press, 1995).
Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State & The Demise of the Citizen (1999)
Shakedown: How the State Screws You from A to Z (1996)
Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty (1995)
The Fair Trade Fraud (1991)
The Farm Fiasco (1991)
April 23rd, 2010
12:44 pm
Lying Atlanta Newspapers!
April 23rd, 2010
3:43 pm
Brandi, you research is very interesting. And, I guess that you're trying to make the case that government limits on sugar cane production had something to do with New Coke? Again, as intriguing as conspiracy theories are, there is there is no smoking gun here. New Coke was a business decision to meet the needs of a changing consumer market. It was a wrong decision. It was corrected. End of story.
April 23rd, 2010
7:53 pm
The reference to Macy's shows, in my opinion, how you can never overestimate the intelligence of the American consumer.
May Department Stores Inc (MDSI) had spent years going around the country buying up venerable department store chains. By the time they were finished, you couldn't tell if you were in a Hechts in the south, Robinson-May in the west or Filenes in the northeast unless you saw the store name on a sign. But they never had a consumer revolt because people were still shopping at Filenes or Hechts. MDSI had recently purchased Marshall Fields. The bidding war against Federated (Macys) ended with MDSI paying what some analysts felt was way to much and helped weaken the company to the point where Macys bought them. (CEO Gene Kahn also made some other bad marketing decisions, which helped make the company a loser after years of stellar profits). Fields would have, surely, somewhere down the road, been homogonized into a copy of all the other May stores, but retained the name.
Though Macys has gone through a rough patch, the decision to nationalize the brand will surely pay off. It is much cheaper to buy national ad space and costly promotional events, such as the Thanksgiving Day parade, were wasted on half the country where there were no Macy stores to benefit from the good will.
April 23rd, 2010
10:34 pm
Today is the 25th anniversary of the introduction of 'New Coke'. It was envisioned that New Coke would appeal to both loyal Pepsi drinkers as well as loyal Coke drinkers. A product that would position The Coca-Cola Company to rule the cola segment of the soft drink market. This project taught us a lot about our company, leadership, brand, product and our loyal customers and consumers. RIP Charlie.
April 23rd, 2010
11:25 pm
In the case of Macy's, for most of the past year Chicago has been it's #1 growth market. Field's had long lost it's luster by the time Macy's bought the May Company in 2005. Target was it's final blow as they tried to use the same operating systems that worked great in Mass Merchandising, but not so great in the department store field. Field's had about 10 high volume stores (out of 60+) that matched Macy's typical volume. Macy's expected to take about 10 years to turn that group of stores around but has done it in less than 5. The creation of a national department store under the worldwide recognized name Macy's has in no way been a fiasco!
April 24th, 2010
12:57 am
Shadow7071, Really!
Coke switched from sugar cane to corn syrup. In order to make the switch coke with sugar was replaced with new coke. When old coke was brought back it did not contain cane sugar it contained corn syrup. Look at the ingredients on today's can and compare to a can before new coke. I am sure you can find one on ebay or at the coke museum. Lying Atlanta Newspapers!
April 24th, 2010
1:06 am
Better yet drop in your local Mexican grocery store. They import real coke (contains cane sugar instead of corn syrup) in glass bottles. Enjoy!
April 24th, 2010
8:45 am
Brandi, the strategic decision behind New Coke had nothing to do with the industry switch from sucrose to HFCS.
April 24th, 2010
11:38 am
I will give you 2 blunders:
1. Apple created the laser printer but refused to put a parallel port on them so they wouldn't hook up to IBM compatible PCs thus allowing HP to be created and become the giant it is today.
2. IBM not buying the DOS code from the young punks and allowing them to keep ownership of the code thus allowing for Microsoft to do what it did.
April 24th, 2010
11:47 am
Airlines charging extra for checked bags, and now one airline proposing to charge for carry on bags. Huge blunder. The traveling public is saying "enough."
I predict there will be a retreat from this practice by years end. They may not go away completely, but there will be reductions in the cost as well as exemptions for certain travelers.
April 24th, 2010
12:08 pm
Xerox invented the personal computer with a graphical user interface, the mouse and WYSIWYG (the modern computer "desktop"). They gave it away to Apple in a demo.
April 24th, 2010
1:21 pm
When did the change take place?
April 24th, 2010
1:56 pm
The introduction of new coke was a ruse to cover the change in flavor from cane sugar to corn syrup!
Contrary to the Lying Atlanta Newspapers propaganda agenda, cokes move will go down as one of the greatest business moves in history.
The new coke story is a primer to future business students. A few well placed bribes to a few of our congressmen can insure your business success by preventing competition.
Obama and health care would be your current example. Maybe, Henry Unger ,Queens College Graduate will compare the billions in cost to fix the price of sugar with the billions obama will waste on health care!
April 24th, 2010
1:58 pm
Brandi, your argument is based on your opinion which in turn is based on others knowledge, research and opinion. I don't have an argument here. I don't have to.
April 24th, 2010
3:38 pm
In caso you want to see several marketing mistakes like this – in Brazil – see: http://www.errosdemarketing.com.br
April 25th, 2010
2:37 am
Atari's E.T. video game……………millions of cartridges were destroyed and buried in Arizona. I think that qualifies as a great corporate blunder.
April 25th, 2010
9:55 am
This was not a "fiasco"—it was all planned by coke execs to create more buzz for coke "classic" due to the emerging popularity of pepsi for the younger buyers. It's an old marketing strategy–do what is necessary to create buzz for an old product.
April 26th, 2010
3:00 am
The funny thing about the so-called fiasco is that the diet version of New Coke is the number 3 Cola in the world today. Yes, Diet Coke has been a huge success for Coke.. Drink up!!
April 26th, 2010
5:02 am
I think "Mission Accomplished" is the Blunder of the Century. Fortunately for the Grand Oil Party, the nation of sheep failed to rise up. The dunderhead that uttered it should be in jail, along with his gang of thugs.
April 26th, 2010
12:39 pm
Anyone remember when you had to pay for every minute you were on the internet? AOL tried to move to unlimited dial-up access for a monthly fee and everyone ended up getting nothing but busy signals. It was a good idea, they simply didn't have the resources to provide the product and everyone ended up angry.


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Tonight's tree frog check. Ed, Ted and Fred showed up. Charlie seems indisposed. I suppose he might've croaked. Hope not. In 24 summers here, I've seen tree frogs in the back yard, but never in the front like this.
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Rare archaeological finds revealed from the corroding Northumberland cliffs
Mesolithic remains, an early Bronze Age cemetery and ancient peat beds are just some of the heritage wonders due to be excavated from the cliffs at Low Hauxley, Northumberland, thanks to a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant of £285,900, announced today.
Run by the Northumberland Wildlife Trust, the project, Rescued from the Sea, will engage a small army of volunteers to meticulously uncover the extremely rare and nationally important archaeological finds that are currently hidden within the cliff face. Local volunteers will be specially trained in the necessary skills to accurately record and preserve their findings. They will be trained in excavation skills, photography and small find recording amongst others.
The site at Low Hauxley is rapidly eroding, more so with each high-tide, so this project has come to fruition just in time. According to the English Heritage funded North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment – the site is of high importance and extremely vulnerable. Mesolithic settlement sites, such as middens, hearths and structural remains, are very rare making these discoveries and this project all the more vital.
Ivor Crowther, Head of Heritage Lottery Fund North East, said: "Rescued from the Sea will give people a fantastic insight into life in Northumberland through the ages. These exceptional finds will be carefully conserved and made accessible for everyone. The volunteers taking part will help shed light on the artefacts and piece together parts of our heritage that no one has seen before. We at the Heritage Lottery Fund are delighted to be a part of this special project and can't wait to see the results."
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Luang Phor Koon( Parisuttho) was born on Thursday, 4th October BE 2466 in year of pig. Luang Phor Koon was ordained as a monk at the age of 21 years old at Wat Thanon HakYai on 5th May BE 2487.
Besides he learn dhamma and samadi, He also known to possess Wichah (magic).
In the year 1993, before Luang Phor Koon famous I collect the amulet from the Wat Banrai, Nakhon Ratchasima.
I don't believe whose luang phor smoke the cigar and squatt and blessed the devotees. Luang Phor Koon will meet them personally and bless by whacked by the newspaper or magazine he carried.
Luang Phor Koon was gradually gaining popularity in Nakhon Ratchasima. Luang Phor Koon wanted help to build a temple, school and hospital in the Nakhon province, many people come forward to help and donate freely.
In the 1995, Dec 23th, I went to Wat Ban Rai, Dan Khun Thot district's Ban Rai Temple , Korat (Nakhon Ratchasima) it takes one half day by bas from Kuala Lumpur to Nakhon Ratchasima.
In the 3 days, I witness some thousand people come to Wat Ban Rai want to meet Luang Phor Koon personally and blessed for the luck and business.
After the 3 days, on Saturday, I decided to insert the takrud under the arm in the both hands. The kamakan (committee member) insert the takrud and Luang Phor Koon blessed the takrud by the his spit on the Luang Phor Koon saliva.
Luang Phor Koon fame reached new heights in 1993, when a woman was pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed hotel wearing the Luang Phor Koon amulet with his image on it.
Now Luang Phor Koon 84 year old had stopped meeting the devotees due to poor health condition. .
I want to share the most popular and famous batch of Luang Phor Koon amulet Rian Roon lek (1st batch) BE 2512 autograph by Luang Phor Koon.
- Type : Rian Roon Lek (1st batch)
- Name of image : Rian Roon Lek (1st batch) Luang Phor Koon
- Era of the Image : 2512 BE
- Material of the Image : Copper
- Casting method : Stamped by hand machine
- Praise of the image of Buddha : Harmproof , Bring good fortune especially business and Metta
- Characteristic of the image : Oval shape coin with the figure face of Luang Phor Koon
- Estimated price : 120,000-150,000 TH Baht (depend on condition)


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After the Winnipeg Blue Bombers removed head coach Tim Burke's interim status, it appeared the CFL's off-season would be devoid of even just one head coaching search.
As TSN's Dave Naylor pointed out on Twitter, it would have been the first time since 1987 that a new head coaching hire didn't enter the league over the winter.
But after Tuesday's surprising news out of Hamilton, that possibility was lost, meaning fans and media alike can now begin the annual ritual of speculation: who will replace George Cortez with the Tiger-Cats?
The Ticats can go one of two ways with this decision: first, appoint a new GM who will then find the team's next head coach, or go ahead and hire someone they feel comfortable with to fill both roles. Of course a few names have already been floated out there.
Kent Austin, the current Cornell University head coach and former Grey Cup-winning Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach, has the credentials to fill both roles in Hamilton, should the Ticats be able to lure him away from the Ivy League school.
Joe Womack, Hamilton's current director of player personnel, could also be under consideration. Reports surfaced earlier this month that Womack was under consideration for the soon-to-be-created GM job in Ottawa; should the Ticats want Womack to stick around, a promotion may be needed.
There's also a pool of experienced GMs currently looking for jobs that Hamilton could peruse as well. Recently-fired Edmonton Eskimos GM Eric Tillman won a Grey Cup as Toronto Argonauts GM back in the 90s; Hamilton is just an hour's drive west on the QEW.
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Billy Crystal's Oscar Script Leaked!
I guess I go to the same Crunch as Billy Crystal, because I found his script for this year's Oscar telecast on the locker room floor this morning. I can't believe it happened, either. Anyway, check it out. It sounds like it's gonna be a really fun night!
(2 minutes) Opening montage: Billy Crystal comically inserted into actual footage from best picture nominees; audience winces at sight of Crystal butt-fucking Rooney Mara.
(15 minutes) Billy Crystal takes the stage and does 45 minutes of his Sammy Davis Jr. impression; follows each line with a winking glance at Viola Davis. Davis stares, unamused.
(1 hour) Billy Crystal talks about the Yankees for 10 minutes.
(1 hour, 15 minutes) Billy Crystal interrupts "In Memoriam" montage to make apropos-of-nothing remark that he was supposed to be Jackie Chan's co-star in "Shanghai Noon," not of Owen Wilson; holds for non-existent applause.
(1 hour, 18 minutes) "Artist" wins Best Original Screenplay; Billy Crystal makes self-deprecating joke about the failure of "My Giant"; instantly regrets joke, blames writers for letting him do it, and falls into deep depression about career/life in general.
(1 hour, 19 minutes) Slightly balding lesbian takes over while Billy Crystal sobs offstage. Nobody seems to notice the switch.
(1 hour, 45 minutes) Billy Crystal returns.
(2 hours) Longtime friend Robin Williams surprises Billy Crystal to cheer him up, entering onto stage with a full cartwheel; INSTANTLY suffers second heart attack; air lifted to Cedars-Sinai.
(2 hours, 30 minutes) Curtains close on Billy Crystal as he falls to his knees and pounds the stage asking why everyone in his life must die; sobbingly attempts final Sammy Davis Jr. impression. Show ends.
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HAMPTON--First Lady Michelle Obama will be campaigning in Hampton on Friday, which will be five days before the election.
She'll speak at Hampton University's Holland Hall, which opens for the event at 12:30 p.m.
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Deep-fried foods may be causing trouble in the Deep South. People whose diets are heavy on them and sugary drinks like sweet tea and soda were more likely to suffer a stroke, a new study finds.
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