I don’t need proof that the government drives ranchers or any other businesses or persons out of business. I know it does. My point is Bundy’s the wrong guy to make this stand with. The law and facts are not on his side. Where’s the money he’s paid the county/state for “grazing rights”? Where are his receipts or proofs of payment?
The government has given him several outs already that were better than the deal he’s going to get: federal liens. He didn’t take them. This process has taken two decades. It’s been through numerous courts. There isn’t a direct due process case to be made here.
What we should be doing is:
1. Publicizing this in such a way that suburban/urban voters can understand what’s at stake.
2. Looking for good cases to make against the abuses of the BLM, in this case, and other government agencies.
3. Electing the most conservative US House and Senate we can and demanding that they act to reduce the scope of the federal government.
4. There’s a great state’s rights issue here and it can be exploited for our cause. Let’s approach state legislators and appeal to their own selfish motives to demand federal land be turned over to the states.
Jacquerie among others has been pushing to repeal the 17th Amendment. There are some issues with that, we’ll get an Internet sales tax if we ever lose the House again , but this is in the same vein.
Jacquerie, courtesy ping since I mentioned you specifically.
Bundy is the one standing up to them. The others have all gone by the way and caved.
There were quite a few state reps at the ranch supporting Bundy.
I am woefully ignorant of western lands, other than knowing the national government owns way too many rights to it.
Yes, by all means get it out of their grip. I have to wonder at the politics in NV that haven’t made it a front burner issue. How can there be republican government in NV when an outside government can call all the shots over its land use?