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In reply to the discussion: The Nevada Standoff Has Nothing To Do With "Tyranny," "Sovereignty," "Freedom," or Cows. [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)55. Fair enough.
"if you eat beef," We eat very little beef. And this year, more and more Americans will be eating very little beef if any at all because the price is going up beyond the range of many consumers.
It's only fair that if you use federal property, owned jointly by all the people in the US, and you profit from your use, you should pay back some of your profit in the form of a fee to all the rest of the Americans on whose land you are making a profit.
It's just fair.
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The Nevada Standoff Has Nothing To Do With "Tyranny," "Sovereignty," "Freedom," or Cows. [View all]
SunsetDreams
Apr 2014
OP
Interesting article, that and I guess Saint Ronnie must have a chink in his armor or something....
SunsetDreams
Apr 2014
#6
I wonder whether the government could take aerial photos of Bundy's cattle grazing
JDPriestly
Apr 2014
#17
Thank you for this article, PS.. I think BLM did the right thing in backing off for now..
Cha
Apr 2014
#94
Very true, it's a knee jerk reaction taught to them by the Koch loving media, not thinking it out.
freshwest
Apr 2014
#9
Progressives, really? I mean really left of center and concerned with Social Justice?
Anansi1171
Apr 2014
#58
If the rancher was black he would be called a good-for-nothing freeloader. Just ask the militias to
kelliekat44
Apr 2014
#76
If the wingnut wants to graze on taxpayers' land, he needs to pay the taxpayers.
SunSeeker
Apr 2014
#11
i have a feeling the government will get its money even if it has to take some of Bundy's
JDPriestly
Apr 2014
#20
Unless I misunderstood, that is exactly what BLM was doing - enforcing a court order
tularetom
Apr 2014
#98
The term "Standoff" conjured up a Waco or Ruby Ridge situation going on in real time.
2banon
Apr 2014
#13
The rancher refused to pay the fee for 20 years, is he not just another "welfare queen" ?
peacebird
Apr 2014
#36
These cattle are being sold for a profit, and thousands of other Arizona ranchers pay the
mbperrin
Apr 2014
#104
Yes. If you don't have grazing fees and a system for determining who gets to graze, you
JDPriestly
Apr 2014
#25
+1. Good analogy. Many have lost sight of what is fair and the value of being fair.
Enthusiast
Apr 2014
#64
are you inviting Native Americans to reclaim your property without a fight too?
lunasun
Apr 2014
#73
It might have been stolen but not by us. We bought it from Mexico in the Treaty of Hidalgo for
ancianita
Apr 2014
#40
Check history in general, not "mine." And I didn't say the "whole West," just the land in dispute.
ancianita
Apr 2014
#49
Well, I keep reading it here, and at least care to straighten out the history of our acquiring it.
ancianita
Apr 2014
#97
You do not have a constitutional right to do as you please on federal lands
MattBaggins
Apr 2014
#37
I agree with you. Gov mistake was to let him get away with it so long. Now he feels entitled.
The Wielding Truth
Apr 2014
#92
If you want to travel that far, go for it. Wouldn't be the first time a trespasser's animals were
ancianita
Apr 2014
#51
Agreed! Not only that, it was media's excuse to dismiss Bernie and Harry's facts on the Kochs...
freshwest
May 2014
#115
While the alleged Koch backing of Bundy may need more info to be considered truthful, it does make
okaawhatever
Apr 2014
#84
when the BLM sees they are caught with "constitutional infringement" they make the case MOOT by
Sunlei
Apr 2014
#103
Thank you for this, SunsetDreams.. Very important to get the Facts out there regarding the Kochs
Cha
Apr 2014
#96