Over the last two or three decades, the Bureau has squeezed the ranchers in southern Nevada by limiting the acres on which their cattle can graze, reducing the number of cattle that can be on federal land, and charging grazing fees for the ever-diminishing privilege. The effect of these restrictions has been to drive the ranchers out of business. Formerly, there were dozens of ranches in the area where Bundy operates. Now, his ranch is the only one. An unaccountable, radical left agency controls more land than "France, Germany, and Italy" combined.
Congress didn't raise the fees. Congress must pass positive laws to counter Obama's ministers. That isn't going to happen in Obama's senate.
Events such as these are not supposed to happen in our constitutional republic.
The grazing fees haven't gone up for decades and the prez has nothing to do with setting the fees so I don't see how you can blame the present president or the BLM.
Do you think senators, Orrin Hatch, Mike Lee, Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, or any other member of congress from these western states are going to vote to raise the grazing fee?