Medicaidpaid to unemployed American farmworkers. The U.S. Treasury suffers from foregone income tax and FICA revenues which would be paid had American workers held those jobs. but from which H2A workers are exempt I have heard from leading figures in the sugar industry over the last few days. they have insisted to me that the Florida sugarcane atrocity is not their problem. not their responsibility. Well I am here to say it is. It is the black eye of the industry. and cane and beet growers and refiners around the country should make it their business to see to it that worker rights are enjoyed by all workers in the American sugar industry. The H2A program is another edge for the sugar industry. no less than price supports. and it is financed by taxpayers. consumers. unemployed Americans. and exploited foreign workers.