Controversial Federal Grazing Fees Not A Great Deal For Anyone
“If you just look at the grazing fee itself, and you see the small amount on public land and then a 10-fold increase on private land grazing fees, it looks like — people call it a subsidy,” said John Tanaka, a rangeland economist at the University of Wyoming. “But when you consider all the costs involved in grazing, they’re roughly equal. Or in some cases, public land grazing can cost the rancher more.”
Joe Villagrana, a ranch manager from Lake County, in Southeast Oregon, says permits on public land carry their own costs.
“What people don’t realize is, by holding the permit, you are responsible for maintaining the fences, maintaining water, for example like water troughs,” Villagrana said. “And that costs money. So you add up time, labor, fuel, material and all that, it actually gets to be very expensive. So yeah, that sounds pretty cheap, but with everything that’s put on us to keep that permit, it costs us a lot of money.”
On private lands, a lot of this infrastructure is already included in that up-front price.
You fail. It's not cheaper.
Moreover.... even if it was cheaper... which it is not.... doesn't matter. You are dictating to these people, how they live. Just like a king does to a peasant, in a Feudal system. Funny how you talk about freedom from oppression, and then give every justification for it you can.
And lastly, you also ignore that perhaps the rancher could buy his own land, and not pay a fee to anyone. What if the fee was no $20, or $1.63, but was zero, because he bought the land? Oh wait... they can't because 85% of the freakin state is owned by the Feudal lords in Washington.
But that's not even the end of the argument..... because you don't even know what triggered the problem to begin with.
Cliven Bundy originally paid his permit fees routinely, year over year, until 1993. What happened? The Feudal Lords decided that he was not allowed to graze so many cattle.... supposedly because of a turtle. So they simply refused to give him permits for all his cattle.
That's effectively saying "Old Rocks, you are not allowed to earn as much money anymore, and since we own your land, you can't do jack about it". Now listen you self centered dirty old man.... if YOU had been told by the Feudal Lords, that you simply were not allowed to earn as much money, and screw you..... Would you be sitting here defending them? As you are when it's Cliven Bundy's livelihood?
Don't even attempt to tell me a narcissistic guy like you, would agree to that. You'd be bouncing off the roof. Again you talk about freedom from oppression in other posts, and then turn right around and give every justification for it here.
