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Originally Posted by RU OX Alum
I didn't realize it was Franklin's idea...I guess they can't all be winners.
I learned in HS civics that this was passed b/c of a coalition of special interest groups, which included corporate farms and candy mfgs, with the candy co.s thinking the extra light would in the fall, for halloween, so more candy sales, so they bankrolled it, and then got screwed in the language
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I think that
this site explains the history & rationale reasonably well.