***Because when the SHTF the Feds want to be able to go around and collect food from all the “hoarders”.***
My Brother-in-law’s parents ranch in Texas was raided in WWII because they had a supply of home canned food. The law took it all. They survived by having a second cellar hid out in the hills with enough to get them through till the next year.
Well, there ya go. A good lesson to be learned.