Yes Mr. Bundy finally got sick of the govt games and watching the rules change capriciously til all of his neighbors were driven out of business over the years. He said he got sick of paying range fees which were supposed to go toward keeping the rangeland up but then having to pay to do it himself. He has an argument I can sympathize with.
Honestly they have done the same thing with the mortgage business. They finally drove me out in 2010. It just got to be one more piece of paper, one more education seminar for $400, one more license fee, etc etc til they just wear you out. Its the plan. They are doing it to many industries. The progressive govt wants small business gone. Period.
We all love to eat beef and for the life of me I don’t understnad anyone who would not want to let the small ranchers graze their cattle on public land that has no other use. None of them should have to pay range fees. It would keep the price of beef down. But thats not the plan.
My brother also had an extremely solid mortgage business that was driven out of business by the Fed. And you’re right, it is the same thing.
A major factor in beef prices is the price of corn and the government requirement that so much of the annual crop be used to produce gasohol.
Whether a farmer finishes his cattle on corn or has them on corn plus pasturage their entire lives, anything increasing the farmers’ prices either makes the price higher at the market OR the farmer doesn’t raise as many cattle...also raising the price at the market.
The ONLY thing that will lower the price is more than sufficient supply, so YOU are right on the money. Let the cattle feed on otherwise unused land.