Kuros
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But both Agricultural Adjustment Acts were gross.
No, they weren't. They morphed into something gross.
However, at the time a 1/3 of our workforce were tied up into family farms. Not only were farmers experiencing the GD, but were also recovering from the dustbowl--one of the biggest natural disasters known to man.
Remember, Americans had to eat. We were lining up for food.
However, modern day agricultural subsidies are a fucking abomination. Hardly any of the money goes to small families (there are a few left). Most go to large agribusiness making over $200K a year.
Don't tell me Americans had to eat in support of the 1933 AAA. Please click on the link I provided:
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (Triple A) (Pub.L. 73-10, 48 Stat. 31, enacted May 12, 1933) was a United States federal law of the New Deal era which restricted agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies not to plant part of their land (that is, to let a portion of their fields lie fallow) and to kill off excess livestock[1]. Its purpose was to reduce crop surplus and therefore effectively raise the value of crops
This was not a bill about feeding the people. Quite the opposite. And it was rightly declared unconstitutional in 1936.