And this is part of the problem. Congress, in 1937, perhaps egged on by NLRB versus Jones and Laughlin Steel, Congress passed the Agricultural Adjustment act of 1937. In Congress passed the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1937, ordaining the U.S. Department of Agriculture as the arbiter of crop production. who may grow what crops and in what quantity, because, after all, we can't have people growing whatever crops they want in whatever quantities. Or that'd be chaos. (43:35–43:55)
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