There's been a lot of comotion over Congress's $3.5 trillion social infrastructure bill. A worthy endevour by some, but I ask who will pay for it? Senator John Thune claims that ranches will take the brunt of the hit, and with a rocky 2020, additional expenses on their part won't help.

 

Executive Producer: John Fletcher

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lynnmucenskikeck/2021/08/11/how-the-senate-infrastructure-bill-could-strip-struggling-businesses-of-much-needed-cash/

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-unveil-blueprint-for-3-5t-budget-reconciliation-bill/ar-AAN7dy6

 

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-texas-cattle-industry-hit/269-be3e9e92-2840-4d99-b38a-3fdc8c658ac2

 

National Beef Assoc with University of Oklahoma study on money lost in beef industry:

https://www.ncba.org/newsreleases.aspx?newsid=7225

 

https://beef.unl.edu/beefwatch/cow-calf-cost-breakdown-%E2%80%93-cow-depreciation

 

https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/2021/06/21/texas-a-m-study-tax-code-changes-would-devastate-family-farms/5297189001/

 

Economic Impact Study from Texas A&M

https://republicans-agriculture.house.gov/uploadedfiles/rr-21-01-afpc-tax7.pdf

 

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/death-taxes.asp

 

https://moneywise.com/investing/real-estate/bill-gates-is-betting-big-on-farmland

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/moderate-house-dems-say-they-won-t-support-budget-vote-n1276738

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/most-gop-senators-sign-pledge-to-not-help-democrats-on-debt-ceiling-11628638081

 

Melissa Tate Interview:
https://www.prageru.com/video/the-candace-owens-show-melissa-tate/

 

Leisl Carpenter Interview starts at 52:00

https://megaphone.link/MKA7524429782

 

CSPAN Washington Today, John Thune audio starts at 22:37:
https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV6977486384.mp3?updated=1628115530

 

"What happens in a US debt default?:"

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-24453400

 

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/13/business/food-prices-inflation-climate-change/index.html

 

Hogstory Episode 207:
https://www.hogstory.net/uploads/207_pretty_pretty.mp3

 

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