What about all the Property Tax Avoiders that sell a few stacks of “specialty” over priced Firewood (fruit tree trimmings) to claim Farm exemptions?
Lots of 3-5 acre AWFLs and their broods have been doing that for quite some time.
Certainly that’s lots of new unproductive farm land to go along with Gates and the other Land Hoarders.
Sam Donaldson was the third-largest recipient of wool and mohair payments in Lincoln County, N.M.— Over two years, $97,000 in subsidy checks have gone to Donaldson’s address in the Virginia suburbs of Washington... Donaldson also got $3,500 to defray livestock-watering costs…
Now there are plenty of other examples of absentee landlords receiving these farm subsidies, but it is particularly glaring that millionaire Sam Donaldson is getting this taxpayers’ money,” said D’Amato. “Sam Donaldson, give that money back.”
https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19950318&slug=2110804