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|comments='''Dissent''': Courts are concerned only with the power to enact statutes, not their wisdom. The depressed state of agriculture is nationwide; therefore, the Act does provide for the “general welfare.” There is no coercion involved, since threat of loss, not hope of gain which is involved here, is the essence of economic coercion. Conditioning the receipt of federal funds on certain activity does not infringe state power. | |comments='''Dissent''': Courts are concerned only with the power to enact statutes, not their wisdom. The depressed state of agriculture is nationwide; therefore, the Act does provide for the “general welfare.” There is no coercion involved, since threat of loss, not hope of gain which is involved here, is the essence of economic coercion. Conditioning the receipt of federal funds on certain activity does not infringe state power. | ||
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