mornelithe on 14 April 2014
| marley said: Public Land: "In all modern states, some land is held by central or local governments. This is called public land." "Each western state also received federal "public land" as trust lands designated for specific beneficiaries, which the States are to manage as a condition to acceptance into the union. The trust lands are usually managed extractively (grazing or mining), to provide revenue for public schools. All states have some lands under state management, such as state parks, state wildlife management areas, and state forests." - These states received FEDERAL 'public land' to use to their benefit. They manage the land and use it to fund 'public' beneficiaries. Mr. Bundy decided that he gets to use land which is owned by everyone, for his own personal gain, without giving back to the people that own the land. He is pocketing the leasing fees, giving him a real pricing advantage over all of his competitors who are operating inside of the law. Would it be 'patriotic' to defend a mining company who has decided they don't need to pay for mineral rights when using public land? The fees for those mineral rights (and grazing rights) go back into the public, which is who the land belongs to. Mr Bundy has gone to court twice and both times was found to be breaking the law. He is trespassing his herd on land that isn't his. |
^ This. Although, one could argue that a new virtue of being American is to fuck over anyone and everyone in the country, to achieve any personal gain you can.
