Foreign investment and development, if it's a good fit, is a good thing. But they should only ever be able to lease land (and the money from that should go 100% towards offsetting property tax). US citizens should then be given first dibs on buying the land after the lease is up.
and mega-producers such as Chinese owned "Smithfield Foods is owned by WH Group, a Chinese company that acquired it in 2013 for approximately $4.7 billion. This acquisition made Smithfield the largest pork producer in the world, controlling a significant portion of the U.S. pork supply."
which put out of business thriving family farms that produced pork. My own brothers went through this devastation of their livelihoods, reduced to driving truck for Smithfield.
Before that however, even US mega corps put out of business many family farms.
A travesty! Where there used to be 100 family farms supporting small towns all across America, now there are a few mega-farms of many acres planted for mega-equipment.
The small town had a hardware store that stocked about anything the rural farm family needed! From Stihl products and service to . . . to about everything else. Screens, every type of home cleaning and improvement supplies. NOW those rural residents have to drive 30 miles or more to a Wal-Mart. Is that the America we want?
I appreciate innovation and efficiency, but I appreciate freeholders more. America must have room for the freeholders, who own their own land and are able to make a living.
Some farmers, near to cities, have created niche products for restaurants and local farm markets. More power to them, and the educated consumers who appreciate these products!
So devout are the freeholders, that many make a living with a town job, and farm for the love of the land and to preserve their ownership of it.
Foreign entities fully or partially own roughly 40 million acres of U.S. agricultural land. The top 10 foreign owners of U.S. agricultural land by acres were Canada, the Netherlands, Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, France, Denmark, Luxembourg, and Ireland. Individuals from these countries own three-quarters of the acres, or 30 million out of 40 million acres owned by foreigners.
But the real question is will they post national guard to surveil the land between now and the time the Chinese turn it over so we know they don't spread any type of toxins or poisons in the soil before they leave...???
"Foreigner's can buy property in China, but it's subject to certain restrictions. Foreign individuals are generally allowed to purchase one residential property for dwelling purposes, and it cannot be rented out. Foreigners must also have lived in China for at least one year with a residence permit. Importantly, foreigners do not own the land itself, but rather the right to use it for a specified period, typically 70 years for residential land. "
So why do we allow them to just buy what the fuck ever?
It blows my mind that we allow any foreigners to own any US land at all!
Foreign investment and development, if it's a good fit, is a good thing. But they should only ever be able to lease land (and the money from that should go 100% towards offsetting property tax). US citizens should then be given first dibs on buying the land after the lease is up.
I know we can't buy land in Mexico.
But we will loan them money to buy ours.
THIS!!!
and mega-producers such as Chinese owned "Smithfield Foods is owned by WH Group, a Chinese company that acquired it in 2013 for approximately $4.7 billion. This acquisition made Smithfield the largest pork producer in the world, controlling a significant portion of the U.S. pork supply."
which put out of business thriving family farms that produced pork. My own brothers went through this devastation of their livelihoods, reduced to driving truck for Smithfield.
Before that however, even US mega corps put out of business many family farms.
A travesty! Where there used to be 100 family farms supporting small towns all across America, now there are a few mega-farms of many acres planted for mega-equipment.
The small town had a hardware store that stocked about anything the rural farm family needed! From Stihl products and service to . . . to about everything else. Screens, every type of home cleaning and improvement supplies. NOW those rural residents have to drive 30 miles or more to a Wal-Mart. Is that the America we want?
I appreciate innovation and efficiency, but I appreciate freeholders more. America must have room for the freeholders, who own their own land and are able to make a living.
Some farmers, near to cities, have created niche products for restaurants and local farm markets. More power to them, and the educated consumers who appreciate these products!
So devout are the freeholders, that many make a living with a town job, and farm for the love of the land and to preserve their ownership of it.
May GOD BLESS them!
Foreign entities fully or partially own roughly 40 million acres of U.S. agricultural land. The top 10 foreign owners of U.S. agricultural land by acres were Canada, the Netherlands, Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, France, Denmark, Luxembourg, and Ireland. Individuals from these countries own three-quarters of the acres, or 30 million out of 40 million acres owned by foreigners.
China does something similar to mosques in China. Turns them into bars and nightclubs.
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🚨 BREAKING: The Trump administration just announced a complete and total CRACKDOWN on Chinese Communist Party-linked ownership of FARMLAND nationwide.
This is EXISTENTIAL.
"We are taking our American farmland BACK."
"Securing and protecting American farmland ownership."
It is time to BAN Chinese nationals from buying American farmland. No longer can this be allowed.
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1942573436934508619
THANKS BE TO GOD !
I don't think foreign nationals should own any land in the United States.
Agreed
How about those "dual citizens?"
But the real question is will they post national guard to surveil the land between now and the time the Chinese turn it over so we know they don't spread any type of toxins or poisons in the soil before they leave...???
Anything less would be stupid!
Saudi Arabia, through its various investment arms, owns an estimated 1.6 million acres of farmland in the United States.
Is that OK?
Can we include Bill Gates in this?
Just a quick online search.
"Foreigner's can buy property in China, but it's subject to certain restrictions. Foreign individuals are generally allowed to purchase one residential property for dwelling purposes, and it cannot be rented out. Foreigners must also have lived in China for at least one year with a residence permit. Importantly, foreigners do not own the land itself, but rather the right to use it for a specified period, typically 70 years for residential land. "
So why do we allow them to just buy what the fuck ever?
Excellent!
Now protect it from HOA terrorism.
And to help farmers and all land owners abolish property tax and all states ability to inflict property tax on land owners in all states.
An open society cannot survive. Close it down.
Yes, add Gates and any others that are buying up land for nefarious purposes.
I hope this includes pig farms (Smithfield).
What about the land the Chinese already own?