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Ranchers are free to buy their own grazing land have their own rules there. On the federal land, the fed makes the rules.
by diebir 9y ago
Ranchers are free to buy their own grazing land have their own rules there. On the federal land, the fed makes the rules.
- narrowrail 9y agoRight. The current rules of the BLM are that they are to lease these lands for grazing and/or energy exploration.
- blackguardx 9y agoActually, they are open lands. Even if someone has grazing rights, anyone can go and camp on them, etc. The point stands. If ranchers feel they are being treated unfairly, they can buy their own land.
- sverige 9y agoThey cannot buy their own land if the government has already seized all the suitable land in their area and declared it to be public.
- blackguardx 9y agoIt was public before anyone ever moved there. It wasn't "seized." (Seized from whom, btw? Native Americans?) Ranchers get amazing subsidies from the federal government. If the government auctioned grazing rights like they did other public resources, there would be a lot less complaints. Someone who didn't mind the rules would just outbid the ones that did.