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On the recordSeptember 8, 2021
I have had a farmer come up to me and say, look, Congressman, I bought my farm 40 years ago for $300 an acre, now it is worth $6,000 an acre. If I die after this goes into effect, my family can't afford to keep the farm, I lose it, my family loses it.
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Blaine Luetkemeyer
Republican · Missouri

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Shares a farmer's concern about losing a family farm due to new tax implications.

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