Posted on 07/31/2024 10:30:36 AM PDT by Twotone
Hidden deep within the new omnibus bill is a secret provision to allow the federal government to electronically track all cattle in the United States.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) warned about the hidden provision on X, stating that lobbyists will receive $15 million in taxpayer funds to unleash the electronic tracking grid on the nation’s meat-producing cows and bison.
As stated directly from the omnibus, the agreement “directs the Department to continue to provide the tags and related infrastructure needed to comply with the Federal Animal Disease Traceability rule (9 CFR 86), including no less than $15,000,000 for electronic identification (EID) tags and related infrastructure needed for stakeholders to comply with the proposed rule, ‘Use of Electronic Identification Eartags as Official Identification in Cattle and Bison’ (88 FR 3320), should that rule be finalized.”
None of this, warned Rep. Massie is legal. And yet, the near-total apathy of the American people these days means these kinds of things are easily passable without so much as a peep from the wider constituency.
“No law authorizes this!” Rep. Massie wrote on X.
“It will be used by the GREEN agenda to limit beef production, and by the corporate meat oligopoly to DOMINATE small ranchers.”
What Rep. Massie means by the “green” agenda is that this little ear tag scheme is merely a front to further dig into the American meat supply in order to crush it, paving the way for synthetic “meat,” bugs, and other “climate-friendly” replacements to flood the market instead.
One of just a few in Congress, or anywhere, calling out the scheme, Rep. Massie deserves credit for keeping the American public abreast of these latest developments, even if most people seemingly do not care what happens to their food supply.
“It’s important to make sure similar nonsense isn’t occurring at state and local levels,” warned an X account called “Justin George” (@jdgeorge94) about the plot.
Even more ominous was a warning that attorney Thomas Renz put in response to Rep. Massie’s tweet about the implications of the electronic ear tag scheme on food safety.
“It will also be used to ensure the introduction of genetics modifying vaccines on a universal basis into the food supply,” Renz wrote about the scheme. “This is not just about limiting beef output … it’s about ensuring the beef available has mRNA vaccines in it.”
Renz responded to Rep. Massie further by offering to speak with him directly about the details of all this, emphasizing surety in his understanding of the long-term plan.
“We need to pass an omnibus that outlaws omnibuses,” joked another about how ridiculous this all is.
“This is exactly why we need single-item spending bills,” wrote another, further joking with a play on words blending the word communism with omnibus. “No more (c)omnibus.”
All this constant fighting over the climate, the food supply, and other pertinent issues is exhausting, wrote another, which is why increasingly more people seem to support the idea of splitting up the country into two separate entities.
“No wonder why people are asking for a national divorce to split this country up,” one wrote. “Give them their green new deal, illegals, crime and drag shows and let the people on planet sane have the rest of the country!”
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maybe we can use the system to track illegal immigrants?
They’ll use it on us first.
A government big enough to track your cattle is a government big enough to confiscate your cattle.
But government has been doing that since the early 1900s at least...to prop up prices, etc. FDR had a bunch of livestock slaughtered as I recall.
89 million cattle. $15 million for ear tags. About $0.17 per cow, not including labor.
The cost isn’t prohibitive, but the potential misuse is scary.
They already track every egg and every fruit. I have mixed feelings. Avian flu has crossed to a few cattle.
Otoh, at least range cattle can run away and make themselves scarce if they don’t want to be identified. They have a little better odds of maintaining their privacy…
Want to bet they don’t have cost overruns?
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No doubt.
This is a way to ensure that too many cows don’t exist to help stop climate change. /s
Also, if a Chinese developed version of mad cow disease is developed, they can kill all the cows to save the children.
More BS pardon the pun from the infernal government.
You aren’t going to catch avian flu from meat, if that’s what’s worrying you.
"maybe we can use the system to track illegal immigrants?"
I think that desperate elite Democrats are already tracking undocumented Democrats with taxpayer-paid cell phones.
Arizona Sheriff: Illegal Immigrants Being Handed $5,000 Visa Gift Cards, *Cell Phones* [emphasis added], And Plane Tickets (12.7.23)
Also, let's not allow the anti-Trump media try to fade our memories of what we witnessed on July 13.
Down the Memory Hole: Google Hides Autocomplete Suggestions Related to Trump Assassination Attempt (7.28.24)
I think that desperate elite Democrats are already tracking undocumented Democrats with taxpayer-paid cell phones.
These jerks always eating beef at their lunches and fancy banquets. Billing it to the taxpayers
Good luck getting the Amish to comply.
Not worried about me, I guess. How about being able to identify sick animals before they infect other cattle? I am ignorant on these things but have a son who is pre-veterinary and I want to be able to kind of keep up in a general way with these type of issues.
Got to pay the bundlers.
Well, I was arguing about this a while back, but I don’t see how chipping the cattle would help. I don’t see how you can test them all, either; though you could spot-check.
But when a person who works with livestock gets sick, I think they should be tested. If it’s Avian Flu, you’ve got a pretty good idea that it’s in your herd. But people here were against the idea of routinely testing workers on livestock farms.
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