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on the verge of collapse, with food shortages almost certain to follow a banking collapse. Once that
happens, starvation is only days away, and it’s not unreasonable to imagine the federal government
using the USDA agricultural census database to compile a “seizure target list” of farms to raid for food,
tractors, seeds and livestock.

No farmer in America is safe from the government. A government that wants to take away your rifle will
have absolutely no hesitation taking away your farm. My advice is to refuse on both counts.
USDA census is a violation of Fifth Amendment right to remain silent

The USDA census is, of course, ridiculously invasive and onerous. It places an enormous burden on
farmers to fill out the forms and derive financial numbers that are, frankly, private information.
Legally speaking, the census forms are a violation of Fifth Amendment rights which say no American
shall be forced to testify against himself.

Beyond the obvious invasion of privacy, census forms have become a frightening system of
surveillance where the government pries into the private lives of innocent, hard-working farmers who
are just trying to make a living by producing honest food. The government will obviously use this
system to try to enforce its National Animal Identification System (NAIS), a federal animal tagging
and tracking system that thrusts an onerous burden on farmers and ranchers.
The USDA, predictably, claims your data is all protected. “Once you fill out the Census, your personal
information is protected by federal law. These laws require USDA to keep your identity and your
answers completely confidential,” they claim on their website.
(http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Help/FAQs/General_FAQs/)
But that’s a complete joke, of course, because in 1791 we were promised a Bill of Rights that said “the
right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed,” yet it is routinely infringed by the
federal government at every turn. Obama promised health insurance would become more affordable
under Obamacare, but rates are actually set to double. The Fourth Amendment guarantees us a right to
be safe in our person and our belongings, yet the TSA violates that every single day.
Let’s face it: the government lies. It uses coercion to try to force people to do its bidding. So a promise
by the USDA that all your private financial data will be “protected by federal law” holds zero
credibility. Especially when the top law enforcement official in the nation — Eric Holder — was
himself engaged in illegal gun running that put thousands of guns into the hands of Mexican drug
gangs. When the government itself becomes the criminals, it’s hard to believe any promises of
confidentiality.
Case in point: The Social Security Administration once promised your number would “never be used
for identification.” Now it has become the de facto numerical ID of all Americans, without which you
cannot hold a job or open a bank account. Governments LIE and routinely break promises.
People have good reason not to trust the government with their private data and personal farm details.
In an age when the DHS is arming to the teeth while refusing to answer questions about why it’s buying
enough ammunition to wage a 20-year war with the American people, we are wise to distrust government
promises from any federal agency, including the USDA which routinely conspires with Monsanto.

It’s nobody’s business how many chickens or goats I’m raising
I raise chickens and goats, and it’s nobody’s business how many I care for. The USDA says
that everybody with backyard chickens is a “farmer” under their control and therefore must fill out this
form or face fines and a possible personal visit by government agents.

The USDA itself admits all this, saying:

Even if you do not believe you qualify as a farmer. You may be surprised to learn that a farm is defined as any
place that produced and sold, or normally would have sold, $1,000 or more of agricultural products during the