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To: average joe who wrote (63197)	11/13/2007 10:54:07 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 90947

Well that might have been an important part of it but it didn't really start in 1933. One important factor in keeping us from a centrally planned economy was Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States en.wikipedia.org historymatters.gmu.edu michaelariens.com daily.nysun.com The Schecters were accused of a number of crimes, including cutting prices, and allowing customers to choose which chicken they wanted to buy rather than just take the next one in line. Can you imagine such things being considered a federal crime...