PDQ says: Their (BLM) job has always been to manage the land for the benefit of the People. Their job was never to provide huge amounts of money for the rest of the government to spend nor was it their place to punish uppity ranchers and put then out of business.

That's true, but the political climate of the nation has changed as our government has moved into a culture of austerity. Just as some people object to subsidizing poor people, others have come to object to subsidizing businesses. So, yeah, the government now has to charge for things it used to give businesses for free. Even people who paid for the Social Security and Medicare benefits they receive, are condemned for depending on "entitlements."

Tit for tat, ya know.

-Joe-