Quote:They help to fund the national parks service as well. I get the feeling however, you would be in favor private industry owning our parks and therefore being able to raze them and put in more starbucks and condos. 

 

Regardless of weather you agree or disagree with the law, he willfully broke the law and as you pointed out in the traffic violation thread,  he should pay the price. Would you take the same stance with the traffic violators were they to call in friends with guns to avoid paying their fines? I highly doubt it. 

Actually I don't support privatized parks, national parks serve a purpose. They are a hands-off area the public has designated to industry, these area's require upkeep which is why there's a charge for access. This goes back to the point there is a purpose for the government to hold this land, the public has decided we want this land preserved undeveloped for the enjoyment of society. 

 

Now the land that the BLM is claiming and charging ranchers for requires no upkeep and is claimed by the federal government solely for the purpose of taxing ranchers. This isn't managed land, it's grasslands across the west that cattle have grazed on for centuries. Again look at the budget of the BLM over half of it's budget is in administrative cost of collecting, tracking and distributing these grazing permits. It's an agency created to tax simply to support the existence of the agency.

 

As for the fines, would I support armed resistance to the fines. Well for it to be an applicable scenario the federal government would have of seized private property. For example if the federal government claimed in Oregon you now have to pay an access fee to use the highways, which is crap because people have been using highways for decades without fee's. But nope the newly created Federal Division of Highway Management is overseeing the highway system in Oregon and you sir must pay an additional tax for access. Well you refused to pay that tax? we are going to now confiscate your vehicles. Damn straight I'd support armed resistance.

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