Thursday, January 31, 2013

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

 

47 percent of their crop, to be precise. It’s J.J. Abrams’ world. We’re all just living in it.

Luckily, the Supreme Court decided to take the case of the Horne family, so they may end up retaining the right to freely sell the raisin crop they’ve duly produced, but how is it that they must appeal to the highest court in the land for that right? Well, it all started in 1937, as so many good things do, when the federal government began requiring raising farmers to lay aside a tribute portion of their crops in order to control supply and price.

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

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