Agricultural Adjustment Act
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title:
Agricultural Adjustment Act
text:
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. The government bought livestock for slaughter and paid farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land. The money for these subsidies was generated through an exclusive tax on companies that processed farm products. The Act created a new agency, the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, also called "AAA" (1933–1942), an agency of the U.S. D
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description:
United States federal law of the New Deal era
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_Adjustment_Act
date created:
2002-06-09T17:51:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T22:29:41Z
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