Florida Bans Chinese Citizens From Buying Land

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-bans-chinese-citizens-buying-land-dont-want-ccp-sunshine-state-desantis-says




Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Monday banning Chinese citizens from purchasing land in Florida unless they are also a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.


"We don't want the [Chinese Communist Party] in the Sunshine State," DeSantis said at a press conference in Brooksville, Florida. "We want to maintain this as the free state of Florida."

"Food security is also national security, and so we don't want the CCP in charge of any food production," DeSantis said.


China owned 352,140 acres of U.S. land in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about 1% of total foreign-held acres. Canadian investors owned 12.4 million acres the same year, the most of any foreign country.

Senate Bill 264 also bans citizens of Russia, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela — labeled "countries of concern" — from owning land within 10 miles of military bases and critical infrastructure like airports and power plants. But only residents of China would be banned from owning land anywhere in Florida.

Good start.

Calypso Jones wrote:Good start.

That's the model. Come on Abbot! Follow suit.

HawkTheSlayer wrote:https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-bans-chinese-citizens-buying-land-dont-want-ccp-sunshine-state-desantis-says




Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Monday banning Chinese citizens from purchasing land in Florida unless they are also a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.


"We don't want the [Chinese Communist Party] in the Sunshine State," DeSantis said at a press conference in Brooksville, Florida. "We want to maintain this as the free state of Florida."

"Food security is also national security, and so we don't want the CCP in charge of any food production," DeSantis said.


China owned 352,140 acres of U.S. land in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about 1% of total foreign-held acres. Canadian investors owned 12.4 million acres the same year, the most of any foreign country.

Senate Bill 264 also bans citizens of Russia, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela — labeled "countries of concern" — from owning land within 10 miles of military bases and critical infrastructure like airports and power plants. But only residents of China would be banned from owning land anywhere in Florida.

That is not what Gov. DeSantis said.  He said, "Sen. Bill 264 will prohibit the purchase of farmland in FL by the CCP AND other foreign countries of concern."  "And it's not just farmland...."

IOW, all those other "countries of concern" can't buy farmland, either. I'll have to listen to the rest of it again re: residential purchase. Missed it.

2cent wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-bans-chinese-citizens-buying-land-dont-want-ccp-sunshine-state-desantis-says




Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Monday banning Chinese citizens from purchasing land in Florida unless they are also a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.


"We don't want the [Chinese Communist Party] in the Sunshine State," DeSantis said at a press conference in Brooksville, Florida. "We want to maintain this as the free state of Florida."

"Food security is also national security, and so we don't want the CCP in charge of any food production," DeSantis said.


China owned 352,140 acres of U.S. land in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about 1% of total foreign-held acres. Canadian investors owned 12.4 million acres the same year, the most of any foreign country.

Senate Bill 264 also bans citizens of Russia, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela — labeled "countries of concern" — from owning land within 10 miles of military bases and critical infrastructure like airports and power plants. But only residents of China would be banned from owning land anywhere in Florida.

That is not what Gov. DeSantis said.  He said, "Sen. Bill 264 will prohibit the purchase of farmland in FL by the CCP AND other foreign countries of concern."  "And it's not just farmland...."

IOW, all those other "countries of concern" can't buy farmland, either.  I'll have to listen to the rest of it again re: residential purchase.  Missed it.

That's stated in the last paragraph of the OP.

2cent wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-bans-chinese-citizens-buying-land-dont-want-ccp-sunshine-state-desantis-says




Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Monday banning Chinese citizens from purchasing land in Florida unless they are also a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.


"We don't want the [Chinese Communist Party] in the Sunshine State," DeSantis said at a press conference in Brooksville, Florida. "We want to maintain this as the free state of Florida."

"Food security is also national security, and so we don't want the CCP in charge of any food production," DeSantis said.


China owned 352,140 acres of U.S. land in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about 1% of total foreign-held acres. Canadian investors owned 12.4 million acres the same year, the most of any foreign country.

Senate Bill 264 also bans citizens of Russia, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela — labeled "countries of concern" — from owning land within 10 miles of military bases and critical infrastructure like airports and power plants. But only residents of China would be banned from owning land anywhere in Florida.

That is not what Gov. DeSantis said.  He said, "Sen. Bill 264 will prohibit the purchase of farmland in FL by the CCP AND other foreign countries of concern."  "And it's not just farmland...."

IOW, all those other "countries of concern" can't buy farmland, either.  I'll have to listen to the rest of it again re: residential purchase.  Missed it.

I Know you're one of the few people who actually read the links!  One of the things I've always admired about you!

We can't put it all in the OP posts anymore.

I used to C/P whole articles with the link, so the readership didn't have to bother .

But due to copyright laws and infringement enforcement, I only post a few paragraphs today accompanied by a link.
I encourage everyone else to do the same.

So like the old days, loading and reading the link is the best way to stay out of trouble with the liberal media.

next they should stop depopulationist billionaires from buying up farmland.

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

2cent wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-bans-chinese-citizens-buying-land-dont-want-ccp-sunshine-state-desantis-says




Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Monday banning Chinese citizens from purchasing land in Florida unless they are also a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.


"We don't want the [Chinese Communist Party] in the Sunshine State," DeSantis said at a press conference in Brooksville, Florida. "We want to maintain this as the free state of Florida."

"Food security is also national security, and so we don't want the CCP in charge of any food production," DeSantis said.


China owned 352,140 acres of U.S. land in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about 1% of total foreign-held acres. Canadian investors owned 12.4 million acres the same year, the most of any foreign country.

Senate Bill 264 also bans citizens of Russia, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela — labeled "countries of concern" — from owning land within 10 miles of military bases and critical infrastructure like airports and power plants. But only residents of China would be banned from owning land anywhere in Florida.

That is not what Gov. DeSantis said.  He said, "Sen. Bill 264 will prohibit the purchase of farmland in FL by the CCP AND other foreign countries of concern."  "And it's not just farmland...."

IOW, all those other "countries of concern" can't buy farmland, either.  I'll have to listen to the rest of it again re: residential purchase.  Missed it.

I Know you're one of the few people who actually read the links!  One of the things I've always admired about you!

We can't put it all in the OP posts anymore.

I used to C/P whole articles with the link,  so the readership didn't have to bother .

But due to copyright laws and infringement enforcement, I only post a few paragraphs today accompanied by a link.
I encourage everyone else to do the same.

So like the old days, loading and reading the link is the best way to stay out of trouble with the liberal media.

Yeah, I know. What I'm saying is that the article misquoted Gov. DeSantis. The article states that only Chinese can't buy farmland. That's not what DeSantis said in the video. In the video, he says that ALL the countries of concern will be prohibited from purchasing farmland.

BTW, Thank you. You don't know how much I wish others would make the effort.

2cent wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

2cent wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-bans-chinese-citizens-buying-land-dont-want-ccp-sunshine-state-desantis-says




Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Monday banning Chinese citizens from purchasing land in Florida unless they are also a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.


"We don't want the [Chinese Communist Party] in the Sunshine State," DeSantis said at a press conference in Brooksville, Florida. "We want to maintain this as the free state of Florida."

"Food security is also national security, and so we don't want the CCP in charge of any food production," DeSantis said.


China owned 352,140 acres of U.S. land in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about 1% of total foreign-held acres. Canadian investors owned 12.4 million acres the same year, the most of any foreign country.

Senate Bill 264 also bans citizens of Russia, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela — labeled "countries of concern" — from owning land within 10 miles of military bases and critical infrastructure like airports and power plants. But only residents of China would be banned from owning land anywhere in Florida.

That is not what Gov. DeSantis said.  He said, "Sen. Bill 264 will prohibit the purchase of farmland in FL by the CCP AND other foreign countries of concern."  "And it's not just farmland...."

IOW, all those other "countries of concern" can't buy farmland, either.  I'll have to listen to the rest of it again re: residential purchase.  Missed it.

I Know you're one of the few people who actually read the links!  One of the things I've always admired about you!

We can't put it all in the OP posts anymore.

I used to C/P whole articles with the link,  so the readership didn't have to bother .

But due to copyright laws and infringement enforcement, I only post a few paragraphs today accompanied by a link.
I encourage everyone else to do the same.

So like the old days, loading and reading the link is the best way to stay out of trouble with the liberal media.

Yeah, I know.  What I'm saying is that the article misquoted Gov. DeSantis.  The article states that only Chinese can't buy farmland.  That's not what DeSantis said in the video.  In the video, he says that ALL the countries of concern will be prohibited from purchasing farmland.

BTW, Thank you.    You don't know how much I wish others would make the effort.

I understand.  I seldom watch the vids. They load to slow. But i always read the text.


But here's my take on your excellent thought at another site:

I find it hard to beleive the statistics that China owns only 352,000 acres as is 2021. Twenty years ago when I was researching farmland statistics, China owned 1% of US Farmland, then.


Maybe we should consider banning depopulationists, billionaires who receive government subsidies for not planting anything on idle land.

If you believe the current Chinese, farmland ownership figures, you should be more concerned that Canadians own over 14 million acres and Gates alone , owns 268, 984 acres.

His biggest holdings of 69,000 acres in Louisiana and 48,000 acres in Arkansas of 2021.

https://marketrealist.com/p/how-much...ll-gates-owns/

I wish Australia would follow suit. They've talked about it for decades and done nothing.