[Beagle8U]

Another thing this will do is force small farmers to pay more in income taxes.

If a farmer buys 20 calves to feed out to butcher size, he can write off the price he pays for them plus feed, equip. etc. from the money he gets at sale.

But 2 of them go into his own freezer and are just wrote off as "death loss".

With the tagging system, the butcher wouldn't be able to take them without the tracking number.

Sure, they are fudging a lil on their taxes, but, they work their $ss off for little money anyway.

The guy that owns a restaurant or grocery store doesn't pay anything for food either.

Its just a small perk of running a business.

I'm sick of taxes and regulations on everything!

[Calpernia]

Not just the butcher. There are softwares that are related to this tagging system that will be at feed lots and vets. The feedlots and vets will also be taking the premise ID number for tracking.