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Article #6787Re: more Welfare Cowboys? (eco)
From: Ross W. Myers
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 00:00
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 00:00
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In article <philDC7ItE.4r@netcom.com>, Phil Ronzone <phil@netcom.com> wrote:
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>Well, I *know* that various local, State, and Federal entities plant grass.
>I see them alongside the freeway all the time.
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>What I *WANT* is some proof that this grass is planted, at taxpayers
>expense, on land leased for grazing.
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>I noticed you were awfully silent on this, the *main* question.
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For proof, take a drive through Nevada. Not only does the
BLM plant grass for range cattle, they put up signs along
the highways advertising it. Just drive Highway 50 from Fallon
to Ely, with your eyes open...
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>Really? I suppose that someone may have repeated your lie. But the FACT is
>that there is NO subsidy of Federal grazing lands.
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> >Crested Wheatgrass plantings are one form of subsidizing the
> >cattle industry in sage country.
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>Again -- pray tell us the evidence that this is done on leased cattle grazing
>lands.
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Like I said, drive Highway 50....
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