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To: tacticalogic
He wasn't taxed, he was fined for growing more than his quota, as set by the federal government.

OK, that's right. And the commerce clause was invoked even though he hadn't sold or traded his grain to anyone on the basis that the grain affected commerce because he would have had to buy it if he hadn't grown it.

231 posted on 06/23/2011 12:18:45 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/15/08 and why?)
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To: TigersEye
OK, that's right. And the commerce clause was invoked even though he hadn't sold or traded his grain to anyone on the basis that the grain affected commerce because he would have had to buy it if he hadn't grown it.

That's pretty much it. Basically, he was fined for the offense of attempting to be self-sufficient, and thereby not engaging in interstate commerce.

233 posted on 06/23/2011 2:13:07 PM PDT by tacticalogic
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