The original cause does matter.
this is from the blaze link another poster posted
“Bundy does not own the land, which is near his 150-acre ranch, and has not paid grazing fees since 1993, claiming that he doesn’t recognize the federal government’s claim to the property.
The veteran rancher said he is entitled to use the land for grazing because his family has done exactly that for decades, even before the Bureau of Land Management was for
so they guy hasn’t paid grazing fees for 21 years? Other ranchers in other areas pay their grazing fees
BUT NO the gov’t should not be doing what they are doing. It is typical 0dumbo bullying. think if this was a black guy the feds would be doing this? NO
let’s be clear on how this started. Mr Bundy is not completely innocent
Im a Beck fan but He/THe Blaze is NOT listening.
THe family claims that grandpa bought the land in the 1800’s and have been grazing cattle there for over 100 years.
He wen’t along with the “dues/fees” for a while to get along but discovered that the BLM was not maintaining the land as proposed as the use of collective fees, but rather using the funds to run off ranchers.
He said never mind to the BLM and even tried to pay the fee to the County, but the County said no, they didn’t know how to deal with such an offer.
His family over time created the majority of the watering areas and fence lines over the years and they never relinquished legal claim to the land. They just foolishly trusted the government was trying to help.
Further, let me get this right, this tortoise has been sharing the land with cattle for over 100 years, but now suddenly the cows are a problem…yea right.