Individuals can purchase land, own land, control land. Those are natural rights, which govt doesnt have.
What justifies Bundy not paying to graze his cattle on land he does not own?
Why would anyone defend such selfish actions?
Squatter's rights?
His family has been there since the 1800's, maybe he feels he's entitled to land he does not own? Sounds kind of liburul I know, but that might be what's going on in his mind.
Squatter's rights apply to property that has been abandoned by its' owner. The feds have obviously not abandoned this property, as demonstrated by it's activities
Nor has Bundy abandoned his grazing rights, he just refuses to pay because he thinks he's in the right.
I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop now. He's served with a summons to appear in federal court, (he probably already knows what he owes - government invoices) and if he doesn't appear, a warrant issued for failure to appear, feds go to his ranch, and attempt to arrest him, another Waco or Ruby Ridge could be on the horizon.
My understanding is that "grazing rights" can not be maintained unless one continues to pay for those rights.
Bundy stopped paying grazing fees of about $1.35 a month per cow-calf pair in 1993, ignored the government's cancellation of his leases and defied federal court orders to remove his cattle, according to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. But it took more than 20 years for the government to forcefully intervene.
Bundy is what? 10 years or more in arrears?
I have to wonder why it's taken so long for the feds to enforce?
The feds have been going after him for more than a decade
But they have not acted. Lax enforcement of what the fed deems as law.
They sure have acted. they've been going after him since soon after he stopped paying
Bundy is what? 10 years or more in arrears?
I have to wonder why it's taken so long for the feds to enforce?
The haters are gonna hate, that's for sure. I've already posted a rebuttal to this claim, a claim which in no way should be considered "Breaking News". LAST YEAR, that would be in 2013, the Chinese company announced they would not be building a solar energy facility in Nevada.. and one other point, they weren't even looking at land in Clark County where Bundy lives, their plans were for a site 90 miles SOUTH of Las Vegas - Bundy lives 90 miles NORTHEAST of Las Vegas.
Here's the link again -- Company dumps big Laughlin solar project, says market won
I would say, you and others really don't have a clue as to what is happening in Nevada but if it can be construed in any fashion as being negative toward the Administration, even when falsehoods are used as 'support', you will go for it.
But they waited this long to take forceful action. I wonder why?
The federal government needs to start selling it's public land to the private owners and pay off it's debt.
That doesn't change what got the wheels of government rolling over him. Once they start, they don't stop - nor does the announcement of intentions change anything anyway.
Squatter's rights?
His family has been there since the 1800's, maybe he feels he's entitled to land he does not own? Sounds kind of liburul I know, but that might be what's going on in his mind.
What got "the wheels of government rolling" was a failure to pay his bills - for TWENTY FREAKIN' YEARS!!! If nothing else happens, his credit rating should be negative.
The man's actions over several years just might be why the Nevada Cattlemen's Assn didn't provide support for Bundy.
Nonsense.
Then why did the Fed's have to use thd false narraw of desert turtle protection. ?
Landlords don't usually arrive armed and with helicopters either.
What got "the wheels of government rolling" was a failure to pay his bills - for TWENTY FREAKIN' YEARS!!! If nothing else happens, his credit rating should be negative.
The man's actions over several years just might be why the Nevada Cattlemen's Assn didn't provide support for Bundy.
Great post, and I agree. But, if you have ever owed the fed, like the IRS money, you and I know it's only a matter of time before they do something about it, such as wage garnishment, seizing property, and so forth.
I have to admit, rounding up his cattle is a bit extreme, moreover probably a scare tactic that backfired. The judges should have issued a warrant for Bundy's arrest, and had US Marshals deliver it, and placed him in custody peacefully.
If I didn't know better, I'd have to say the judges PWND the federal agents by issuing arrest warrants for cattle.
Who owns the extra 400 cows? Is Bundy just going to acquire the extra ones because no one else will claim them? If they really are each worth $1000, that is $400,000 wandering around on federal lands - who should benefit?Between Saturday and Wednesday, contracted wranglers impounded a total of 352 cattle, federal officials said. Bundy says he owns 500 of the more than 900 cattle that federal officials are planning to confiscate for illegal grazing, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Bundy told the newspaper that each head of his livestock is worth about $1,000.
One little point I noted but nobody else seems to have caught it
Who owns the extra 400 cows? Is Bundy just going to acquire the extra ones because no one else will claim them? If they really are each worth $1000, that is $400,000 wandering around on federal lands - who should benefit?
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