2026-05-21 21:48 UTC
@scottmiller42@mstdn.social @sarahtaber@mastodon.online If there were an argument that "saving the family farm" was good policy to avoid monopolism, I'd favor some effort in that direction.
Since this tiny family farm likely has around 4 square miles of land, ... nah.
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@scottmiller42@mstdn.social 2026-05-21 22:45
@Jestbill@mastodon.world @sarahtaber@mastodon.online Yeah I was being facetious. The $15/30 MM threshold is so far above what most people think of when they think “family farm”. I did know of family that inherited a 150 acre row crop land and buildings. Even adding top line machinery, it’d not even been 20% of the married couple estate tax threshold. The $15/30 MM limit exists for the massively wealthy owners that Taber describes, people who have assembled a portfolio of many such farms together.