[brityank]

Charles "Doc" Lane, lobbyist for the Arizona Cattle Growers' Association, said the new rules could put so many ranchers out of business that when environmentalists' 10-year grazing leases expire there won't be anyone else around to bid on them. Lane and many ranchers fear that if activists "cherry-pick" the grazing leases with water, they could dry up entire ranching operations and force long-standing rural landowners to sell their private property to developers.

Here's a salute to all of the morons who think that the 'Services Work Model' can retain America's industries and self-sufficiency breadbasket through NAFTA and GATT.

Get ready for $10/loaf; $20/milk; and $50/steak.

[Quila]

This is capitalism at it's best! Finally, an end to the socialist government-sponsored monopoly that the powerful cattle ranchers associations have been able to lobby into effect.

The land will now be leased for what it is worth, and the broken business models of the ranchers will no longer be subsidized by our tax dollars.

Even better, the environmentalist groups will have to buy their influence directly in cold cash to the benefit of the people, rather than in lobbying dollars going to the rich.

I only hope this example is followed in forestry, where now if you buy the rights to a section of forest, you MUST cut down the trees there. Let the environmental groups pay top dollar instead of spiking trees. They'll only be able to afford it for so long, since they make no money off of the land. Any maybe it'll empty the lobbying coffers.

But my greatest hope is that this marks the beginning of the end for our government's socialist farm and ranching subsidies.

[Aquamarine]

Bump!

[Issaquahking]

Make sure to go to the stock market and buy LEAPS in ammunition. A country divided against itself cannot stand, therefore, I prepare for the future.The day will come when there will be a bounty on the idiots who are today referred to as 'greenies' and I plan on getting rich on the bounty!!!