Hello!
From what I've read, Bundy had paid NEVADA for years what they determined was fair.
When the FEDs decided that THAT wanted the money; he stated he had NO contract with them, but with NEVADA.
NEVADA refused to take his money.
So here we are today.
Greetings.
From what I've read, Bundy had paid NEVADA for years what they determined was fair.
No, actually he has not paid anyone anything. He has been grazing his cattle for free for 20 years on the public land.
When the FEDs decided that THAT wanted the money; he stated he had NO contract with them, but with NEVADA.
The land is not Nevada's. It is the United States'.
He never had a contract.
He used to have a permit, a permit that was issued to him not by Nevada but by the US government.
NEVADA refused to take his money.
He offered to pay Nevada an amount of his own choosing.
The thing is, it isn't up to him to unilaterally decide on a price.
It also is not Nevada's place to take money in rent for property it does not own.
If I told your neighbor that I wanted to pay him $100 a month to live in your house, and then I moved in to your house, and you took exception to this, I highly doubt you would be convinced by this argument: "Look, I offered to pay your neighbor $100 a month. I don't know why you're complaining."
So here we are today.
Indeed. Really flawed reasoning creates all kinds of negative situations.
The Taylor Grazing Act was passed by Congress in 1934. A good dozen years BEFORE Bundy was born. It has been collecting grazing fees ever since.