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by zimpenfish 1774 days ago
Counterpoints: https://lawyersgunsmon.wpengine.com/2015/05/keep-reading-mcc...

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2015/05/it-is-hardly-la...

> Filburn was not a hobbyist growing a little food for his family[ ...] was someone with a commercial farm who [...] wanted to take advantage of federal price supports that allowed him to sell the wheat for more than twice the price it would command on the world market. While he wanted to take advantage of the federal guarantees, however, he wasn’t willing to comply with the federal regulations, which included a production quota that was a crucial element in the price supports

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But surely interstate commerce should be about how much he can sell, rather than produce, no?