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Charlie Kirk Said 'No One Seems To Care' Bill Gates Owns Over 270K Acres of U.S. Land —'Why Do We Allow This?'

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  • Why do we allow large-scale foreign and billionaire ownership of American farmland

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  • China owns 192,000 acres of US soil

    80% confidence
  • Bill Gates owns over 270,000 acres of farmland throughout the US and no one seems to care

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  • Gates owns less than 1/4000 of US farmland and invests to make farms more productive and create jobs

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  • All farmland investment decisions are made by a professional investment team, not personally

    80% confidence

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