Raisin farmers in SCOTUS case face $650K charge if they don’t give half their crop to the feds

Hotair ^ | 01/31/2013 | MARY KATHARINE HAM

[RedMonqey]

It’s crazier than that. I’d never heard of this, but it sounds as if the government can create set-asides in any sort of product it wants, not just raisins. Corn, beef, wheat, soy—you name it—in the name of regulating markets for “fair” prices.

It's crazier than that.

The New Deal era law says that all products a farmer produces, even the crops he never intends to sell at market, are regulated by the government.

Why you might ask?

Because the crops he raised he will consume himself will affect the market by not buying government controlled market products.

How's that for compete government control of your food?

[tacticalogic]

They should’ve shot Wickard, and sent Filburn to Congress.

[RJS1950]

This was unconstitutional when socialist-fascist FDR put it in place back in the 30s.

Democrats and the democrat party are on the same pages as the National Socialist Democrat Party and Mussolini’s regime. They almost destroyed the U.S. economy and the Constitution back then and even during the war they did grave damage to various areas of the economy due to their attempts to completely control the economy. The only thing that at least partly saved us is that FDR died and even at that he sold out eastern Europe and his policies caused a severe recession following the end of the war.

Among several writings on this, one of the most interesting is The Roosevelt Myth by John Flynn. Very revealing and it seems to be a doppelganger of the last four years.

[RJS1950]

Harry Hopkins should be included in that list.

[q_an_a]

Wnat to win elections - just start showing the “citizens” taht stupid rules created in 1937 about raisins, or a tax to pay for the Spanish/American War is out dated and should be illiminated!! Do this 50 times a week and the government will be the size most Freepers think it should be.

[Joe Bfstplk]

>>Really! So, if I get this straight, the gov’t confiscates their crop, then sells it and use the proceeds to pay the people that confiscate it. What a deal.<<

This is where Tony Soprano learned his trade.