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To: getsoutalive
"but my personal garden is not a commercial enterprise"

It is certainly conceivable that your garden and 50 million more like it could affect the interstate commerce of produce. Whatever you produce, that is the less you buy.

So, if everybody grew their own tomatoes, that wouldn't affect the existing interstate commerce of tomatoes? And if Congress is regulating that commerce for the good of the nation, you should be allowed to undermine and subvert that nationwide effort?

What a selfish individualist you are.

415 posted on 09/20/2004 1:58:24 PM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
"the good of the nation"
"selfish individualist"

Shades of il Duce.

416 posted on 09/20/2004 2:04:26 PM PDT by Know your rights (The modern enlightened liberal doesn't care what you believe as long as you don't really believe it.)
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To: robertpaulsen
What a selfish individualist you are.

Why, thank you. And here on FR, no less. Imagine that.

I guess that makes your position on this, collectivist, socialist, what would you prefer?

Does it not occur to you, that by using such a broad brush to interpret the commerce clause, you have effectively argued that the fedgov has nearly unlimited power? Strange, and here I thought that it's powers were to be limited to those clearly enumerated in the Constitution. Must be the new math.

418 posted on 09/20/2004 2:16:06 PM PDT by getsoutalive
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To: robertpaulsen
What a selfish individualist you are.

Tho' it's obvious another thought you were serious, I do so hope that was sarcasm.

424 posted on 09/21/2004 6:21:07 AM PDT by green iguana
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