The government admits wanting to make an example of them.
Even straight women can be a problem ~ we had one who you'd see sometimes sitting there watching her watch waiting for the big hand to swing past the 12 so that she could DENY an appeal for not having been filed within the time limit.
Not all the employees are like that ~ frequently the good guys put stumbling blocks in the way of the jerks just to make sure abuse does not happen.
Sounds like USDA had a critical senior employee retire suddenly which left the idiots in charge of things.
Bet they redesigned the billing document (which seems to be of local, not national, design) first thing so they could have some giggles.
"Yeah, let's put the $3 million on bedbug letter #13 ~ that'll make 'em stand up straight"
I know that hindsight is 20-20 but the best thing the Dollarhites could have done after the inspector left was to “close” the busines (Dollarvalue Rabbitry) and then re-open after a time using a different name and then incorporating. I believe that would have shielded them from their current dilemma.