Just for Jason

[Econ101]

Jason, you have stated before that the Packers and Stockyards is an old law (and not applicable today).

Here are all the amendments that show it is not just an old law:

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United States Department of Agriculture
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Packers and Stockyards Programs
Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, enacted August 15, 1921 (42 Stat. 159) and
amended and supplemented by the following acts of Congress:
May 5, 1926 (44 Stat. 397)
June 7, 1934 (48 Stat. 926)
August 14, 1935 (49 Stat. 648)
August 10, 1939 (53 Stat. 1351)
June 19, 1942 (56 Stat. 372)
July 12, 1943 (57 Stat. 422)
June 25, 1948 (62 Stat. 909 and 991)
May 24, 1949 (63 Stat. 107)
August 28, 1958 (72 Stat. 944, Pub. L. 85-791)
September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1749, Pub. L. 85-909)
July 8, 1963 (77 Stat. 79)
July 31, 1968 (82 Stat. 474, Pub. L. 90-446)
September 13, 1976 (90 Stat. 1249, Pub. L. 94-410)
October 2, 1978 (92 Stat. 886, Pub. L. 95-409)
November 23, 1987 (101 Stat. 917, Pub. L. 100-173)
October 13, 1994 (108 Stat. 3178, Pub. L. 103-354)
October 22, 1999 (113 Stat. 1210, Pub. L. 106-78)
November 9, 2000 (114 Stat. 2077, Pub. L. 106-472)
May 13, 2002 (116 Stat. 134, Pub. L. 107-171)
November 2, 2002 (116 Stat. 1921, Pub. L. 107-273)
NOTE: Congress directed agencies to update the civil penalties every 4 years.
Effective September 2, 1997, 7 CFR 3.91, amended the civil penalties, as required by
Pub. L. 101-410 and 104-134

The law can be found at the following site. Some of you northern neighbors might want to READ IT before making dumb comments about it.

http://tinyurl.com/pjqfb