Rancher Cliven Bundy's grazing debt has no equal among Oregon cattlemen

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By Les Zaitz
on May 12, 2014 at 6:01 AM
updated May 12, 2014 at 6:03 AM

Past-due bills owed by cattlemen for grazing on Oregon's federal lands aren't enough to cover the price of a new pick-up truck.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said that as of late April, 45 cattlemen owed a collective $18,759. And most of that is barely past due, with just two ranchers leaving their bills unpaid 60 days or more, considered a truly delinquent account in private business.

The U. S. Forest Service reported an even better record from the 400 permit holders using national forests to feed their cattle. No one is past due with their fees, the agency reported.

The Oregon experience stands in stark contrast to the Nevada rancher who surely is the nation's most infamous deadbeat rancher ...

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/05/rancher_cliven_bundys_grazing.html

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1. It's called the cost of production. Unless you're a thief who makes gains off of stolen goods.

Like Bundy. Stolen forage, water and space that could produce goods for sale. It's typical of his mentality that he makes allusions to slavery. They didn't pay for what they stole from people. Their family, work, health, time, history, past, present adn future and oftentimes, their very lives. No respect, no conscience. Soulless brutes and pirates.