will a family trust shield the family\property?
It may, depending on how it is set up. I have been out of estate planning for a few years but trusts do help eliminate some of the tax burden.
We all know that Gates is buying up a lot of farmland, the left want to control our food supply. When a farmer does not want to sell they just wait them out until the death tax is due. One of two things happen, either they pay the tax, which most will not have the liquidity for, or it is sold at a fire sale. One of my former clients inherited 3 family farms. He had to sell one of them to pay the estate tax.
Gotta be some way around it. While still alive, sell to third party who will sell it back to the kids? Or just sell it to kids cheap?