mornelithe said:
The guy owes more than a million in back taxes for violating an agreement he had with the Federal Government. Seems pretty cut and dry.
Now, for those who live in a fantasy world, semi-autos, shot guns, hell, even machine guns, won't do a damn bit of good against the US Government, if they decide it's your time to die. Ask David Koresh, ask Ruby Ridge, ask the Black Panthers. The right to keep and bear arms is fine, guns are a useful tool for many people. But, it's not an 'equalizer' when your foe has the capacity to erase you from tens of thousands of feet in the sky.
Simple solution, pay your taxes, or remove your animals from Federal land...or, god forbid, purchase the land from the Government and use it legally. Otherwise, the Government should just have a huge BBQ (courtesy of his cattle), and charge admission to try and pay back the debt he owes.
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Not if you read the actual thread or did any research. He's the only rancher left, specifically because the federal governmnet cut cattle grazing amounts to a level that made commercial ranching impossible to anybody who followed the law.
All in defense of a desert tortoise who'se habitat they were selling away hand over fist to greedy housing developers.
Were the rancher and president of different political affiliations I imagine this would be seen as a case of the government ruining the enviorment by neoliberalism cronism.
