If you’re represented Mr. beer, why were tens of millions of Americans totally ignored for the past several decades when they screamed, protested, petitioned and voted for relief from this epic invasion of our country?
Why did your government at all levels aid and abet this massive epic lawlessness?
Why did your government at all levels aid and abet this massive epic lawlessness?
What? They did not aid and abet this. As I have stated several times above he chose not to pay, after he paid BLM, and after he tried to pay the state because he did not like BLM. He had his day in court (several according to some stories) and lost. His own peers (other ranchers) pay the grazing rights and make a living doing it - he chose not to. He is a squatter who is violating the law to profit himself.
If Bundy had taken the grazing rights and paid it to a charity of his own choosing I would have much more respect for him, but he did not do that. He paid his own bills with grass he did not own.
I have already answered your question about illegals above so no need to say it again. Like much of our government - it’s abuse of the many to profit the few. We can change that in public opinion or we can each choose our own hill to die on - Bundy won’t be mine because the vast majority of his own peers understand the theft he committed. Most of his peers own land and water rights and they don’t want somebody else to come along and squat on that like Bundy did. I will accept cows on my pasture eating my grass as long as it’s on my terms and I am compensated. If not, the Sheriff would come remove them. The Sheriff has no jurisdiction on the lands Bundy squatted on - that is BLM and the court ordered them to remove the cows.
If you don’t believe me talk to someone who raises cows for a living. We can’t violate property rights because the government owned the land instead of a citizen - that opens a whole can of worms most are not considering. BLM is not price gouging these guys.
What if we find out one of Bundy’s neighbors threw in the towel because he was willing to pay for grazing rights but didn’t want to get in the middle of this mess? All this talk about the government putting all those ranchers out of business has not been sourced. There are plenty of ranchers where I live who make a decent living at it. There are also plenty of his former peers who profited from the real estate bubble and sold land that was worth far more than the beef it generated.