Discussion: Oregon Standoff Reportedly Cost Taxpayers At Least $3 Million

system1 · February 25, 2016, 2:32pm

Discussion for article #246447

ajaykalra · February 25, 2016, 3:32pm

Freedom is not free. More tax cuts are needed to cover this patriotic event.

manhattan123 · February 25, 2016, 3:32pm

These numbers should be added to the millions the Bundys already owe taxpayers for the cattle grazing mooching.

clunkertruck · February 25, 2016, 3:36pm

Just auction say … half … of their gun hoards —

That should cover it —

ptr · February 25, 2016, 3:45pm

This time they’ll pay in full. The Feds have realized that this standoff happened because they did not adequately punish the first Ted Bundy standoff.

beattycat · February 25, 2016, 3:46pm

Charge the Bundy Ranch and that Nevada lawmaker, Michelle Fiore. And this time, actually collect the money.

paragryne · February 25, 2016, 3:49pm

Will Oregon accept cows in lieu of cash?

wagonmound · February 25, 2016, 3:50pm

OK, this seems simple.

$3.3 million divided by X number of people arrested equals amount owed by each of the patriot movement white trash.

Easy, huh?

seedeevee · February 25, 2016, 3:52pm

This should have cost a couple hundred bucks but, if we can count on anything, we can count on our police state overreacting to non-violent protesters with overwhelming violence and force.

fargo116 · February 25, 2016, 3:58pm

A ‘couple of hundred bucks?’

What do you think the police get paid? I’m really curious.

‘Overwhelming violence and force?’

You mean shooting a guy who makes a move toward his gun when being arrested? The rest of them meekly surrendered. Where’s the overwhelming violence?

I mean, it’s not like they murdered their kids and then immolated themselves.

tigersharktoo · February 25, 2016, 3:59pm

Reading comprehension is not your strong suit, is it.

“Employees for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management who were unable to go to work at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge were paid a total of $425,000 during the standoff, according to The Oregonian.”

Even if not one law enforcement official was called in, $425,000 is a bit more than “a couple hundred bucks.”

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feathered_head · February 25, 2016, 4:02pm

They aren’t done costing the taxpayers money. They will be a burden to us as long as they live.

chris_gautreau · February 25, 2016, 4:04pm

Well at least it wasn’t all for nothing.

beattycat · February 25, 2016, 4:05pm

Which means that if we taxpayers wish to not have them be a burden to us (meaning costing us $-0- from here on out), we have one of two options:

Let them go and erase the balance due. Or
Use our 2nd Amendment rights and …

pshah · February 25, 2016, 4:07pm

I, for one, will be happy to pay my share of their room and board at the nearest federal penitentiary.

fargo116 · February 25, 2016, 4:07pm

Dorks like this do shit like this all the time. They cost us $17 million at Waco more than 20 years ago just issuing reports–which they SCREAMED for–investigating their kooky ideas. And that was just the REPORTS. We’re three days away from the 23rd anniversary of THAT clusterfuck.

I don’t know HOW much investigating the Oklahoma City Bombing ended up costing. And that was just the INVESTIGATION.

If these guys want to waste money, how come they don’t stick to their own? Is that cause they can’t waste what they don’t have?

indyundecided · February 25, 2016, 4:10pm

Luckily beef prices are still pretty high so when Bundy’s herd is rounded up…

jaybeeraybee · February 25, 2016, 4:21pm

Or better yet, melt the damn things down and call it even.

castor_troy · February 25, 2016, 4:26pm

Just out of curiosity, for comparison’s sake, what’s the cost of a Predator Drone for 1 hour and 1 Hellfire missile?

fargo116 · February 25, 2016, 4:29pm

Even if you sold ALL of their guns you wouldn’t raise enough money to even BEGIN to cover the cost of what these idiots cost all of us. This is mainly because most of them don’t have a pot to piss in.