“What we’re dealing with here and in the info you gave is a sense that the government thinks it is an overlord.”
Exactly. It reminds me of when I went to my local county to get a permit to build a corral for our horses. It took me 4 hours of arguing to get permission to build a corral that met all county codes from the beginning. They kept demanding I provide a survey of my land (all 2 acres) and “engineering drawings” for a corral made out of standard, above ground interlocking panels. The survey would have cost me more money than the corral parts!
After 4 hours of fighting, a guy came out of his office, looked at the county regulator, and said, “It’s just a damn corral! What is the problem?” The regulator then shut up and signed off on my application.
I don’t think that is how life in America was supposed to work.
My old college roommate said he had spent his entire adult life working the allotment system, and had been able to make it work for him personally, but that he was tired of fighting every year. He also said that each year for over 30 years, there has been less and less grazing allowed.
In the past, it never seemed to bother him much. He’s a few years older than I am, and I think he is now looking at what kind of ranch and business his sons will inherit. I think it scares him...and he doesn’t scare easily.
