FDA ruling would all but elimate trans fats

[MRT144]

When HC buys peanut butter, he buys it in 50 gallon quantities. You can't seriously expect his scrawny arms to stir that for years on end.

[-Jrabbit]

I've invented a new technique called "stirring" that should solve your problem.

Brilliant! You should patent that and license it!

[Sava]

My only beef with the interstate commerce clause is when it's used to regulate intrastate and non-commercial activity.

I tend to agree.

I recall that ruling. It's a bit of a stretch. But if I recall, the more conservative members of the SC made that ruling. So don't blame me for that.

[Berzerker]

This argument stems from the landmark New Deal case Wickard v. Filburn, which held that the government may regulate personal cultivation and consumption of crops, due to the aggregate effect of individual consumption on the government's legitimate statutory framework governing the interstate wheat market.

a farmer fed his family with wheat he grew and the Feds punished him

interstate commerce

[Sava]

a farmer fed his family with wheat he grew and the Feds punished him

interstate commerce

Yes.

That's why I don't understand why libertarian minded folks don't direct more of their ire at big business as opposed to the government. The government is just a tool. Big business happens to have more control over it. But the goal should be to diminish their influence and not dismantle government as a tool altogether. If anything, having to use the government makes their job a little more difficult. Without government, they'd be able to run wild. The "market" won't save you.

[Imran Siddiqui]

a farmer fed his family with wheat he grew and the Feds punished him

interstate commerce

To be fair, any economist will tell you that the actions by the farmer DO affect interstate commerce (everything is far, far more linked than people understand). Saying that, however; I do believe the point of that clause was actual commercial acts.

[Hauldren Collider]

I've invented a new technique called "stirring" that should solve your problem.

I don't want to have to ****ing stir my peanut butter.

[Hauldren Collider]

Most peanut butters now contain fully hydrogenated oils. They don't contain trans fats.

I've got a container of Jif in the pantry right now. Fully hydrogenated oils.

Cool. I'm a lot more ok with this then

[Sava]

Yeah. I love peanut butter. I can't stand that crap they have at Trader Joe's that separates and gets all nasty.

[Felch]

To be fair, any economist will tell you that the actions by the farmer DO affect interstate commerce (everything is far, far more linked than people understand). Saying that, however; I do believe the point of that clause was actual commercial acts.

It's scary that your opinion is not shared by the Supreme Court.

[regexcellent]

Trans fats are my way of life.

[Sava]

hey reg, any interest in this?

or anyone else?

might purchase, want decent people to play with

it's mostly multiplayer

[Felch]

Saw that, and it looked cool, like a further development on the Terraria style gameplay.

[Imran Siddiqui]

It's scary that your opinion is not shared by the Supreme Court.

A lot of my opinions aren't shared by the Supreme Court . In this case, Originalist arguments aren't everyone's cup of tea on the Court (whether right or left) and I don't necessarily think Originalist arguments are proper all the time either.

[Berzerker]

To be fair, any economist will tell you that the actions by the farmer DO affect interstate commerce (everything is far, far more linked than people understand). Saying that, however; I do believe the point of that clause was actual commercial acts.

Can you imagine the outcry if the Framers tried to give Congress the power to "regulate anything affecting commerce among the states" or punishing a farmer for eating his own food?

As I'm sure you know, the reason for the commerce clause was the trade wars under the AoC - so they wanted a free trade zone with the Feds having the power to step in when disputes across state lines arose. That power has become dictatorial under the guise of regulating commerce.