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This reminds me of FDR burning fields of grain and killing herds of cattle to drive prices up even while people were starving. The high level goals are to 'imp

by edoo 7y ago

This reminds me of FDR burning fields of grain and killing herds of cattle to drive prices up even while people were starving. The high level goals are to 'improve' things but some serious bugs got introduced into the process that resulted in practically the opposite of intentions.

knowaveragejoe 7y ago
Source for this?
- edoo 7y ago
  Search for instances of slaughter on this page http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/dustbowl.htm http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/dustbowl.htm Wickard vs Filburn is the atrocity that allowed them to destroy farmers fields.
- oppositelock 7y ago
  It's a matter of history. The Agriciultural Adjustment Act of 1933 limited the amount of wheat production in an effort to prop up prices. It was challenged by farmers and went to the supreme court as Wickard v Filburn. This established that the inter-state commerce clause can be used to regulate intra-state commerce, and since all farming affects commerce, thereby farming. [1][2] The feds generally paid farmers more than their crops were worth on the market to destroy them, so they were destroyed, and this was most definitely happening at a time when there were food shortages in the US. There is nothing as malicious as a politician on a mission. The US also poisoned tens of thousands of people during prohibition with denatured alcohol. [3] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_Adjustment_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_Adjustment_Act [3] https://slate.com/technology/2010/02/the-little-told-story-of-how-the-u-s-government-poisoned-alcohol-during-prohibition.html https://slate.com/technology/2010/02/the-little-told-story-o...

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This reminds me of FDR burning fields of grain and killing herds of cattle to drive prices up even while people were starving. The high level goals are to 'imp

by edoo 7y ago

knowaveragejoe 7y ago
Source for this?
- edoo 7y ago
  Search for instances of slaughter on this page http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/dustbowl.htm http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/dustbowl.htm Wickard vs Filburn is the atrocity that allowed them to destroy farmers fields.
- oppositelock 7y ago
  It's a matter of history. The Agriciultural Adjustment Act of 1933 limited the amount of wheat production in an effort to prop up prices. It was challenged by farmers and went to the supreme court as Wickard v Filburn. This established that the inter-state commerce clause can be used to regulate intra-state commerce, and since all farming affects commerce, thereby farming. [1][2] The feds generally paid farmers more than their crops were worth on the market to destroy them, so they were destroyed, and this was most definitely happening at a time when there were food shortages in the US. There is nothing as malicious as a politician on a mission. The US also poisoned tens of thousands of people during prohibition with denatured alcohol. [3] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_Adjustment_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_Adjustment_Act [3] https://slate.com/technology/2010/02/the-little-told-story-of-how-the-u-s-government-poisoned-alcohol-during-prohibition.html https://slate.com/technology/2010/02/the-little-told-story-o...