happened. that s exactly what happened. well, because of because, bill, of government policies that told banks they must make loans oh, please. to people who had no hope of ever paying those loans back. we all know this. bush s fault. it s actually the government s fault getting involved and inserting itself improperly that caused that meltdown. no government forced any bank to do anything. they did it because they thought they could make money. that s not true, bill. you give me a name of a bank, kate. that forced the federal government to sell bogus paper. give me the name. bill banks with a told if they didn t start cutting off if i can minorities couldn t afford these mortgages they would be penalized. that s not some big secret that i m coming and revealing on national television. my point is, that was a government injecting itself. i will cede you this point. they were encouraged not forced. they were encouraged to do this. no. they were. on the unit
happened. that s exactly what happened. well, because of because, bill, of government policies that told banks they must make loans oh, please. to people who had no hope of ever paying those loans back. we all know this. bush s fault. it s actually the government s fault getting involved and inserting itself improperly that caused that meltdown. no government forced any bank to do anything. they did it because they thought they could make money. that s not true, bill. you give me a name of a bank, kate. that forced the federal government to sell bogus paper. give me the name. bill banks with a told if they didn t start cutting off if i can minorities couldn t afford these mortgages they would be penalized. that s not some big secret that i m coming and revealing on national television. my point is, that was a government injecting itself. i will cede you this point. they were encouraged not forced. they were encouraged to do this. no. they were.
grazing rights and this one person said no, i m not going to sell my grazing rights and the federal government has been persecuting him ever since. so the question is why can t these cattle stay on this land and i think the claim that it s because of some endangered species i just don t think holds water. why are they harassing this man? you know, what harm is he doing? make an example out of him because they don t want anarchy out on the lands in the west. it s a complicated situation. i read a number of things today, kate, about why the federal government would come down on him because the federal government manages so much land in the west and there is a lot of fees paid to local and state by the feds because of this. so, that s why mr. bundy isn t getting a lot of support other than from his friends and from people who believe that the government is a fascist entity from the jump. how do you see it? well, it s interesting that the blm was able to make an exception for one of ha
their cattle, sold their grazing rights and this one person said no, i m not going to sell my grazing rights and the federal government has been persecuting him ever since. so the question is why can t these cattle stay on this land and i think the claim that it s because of some endangered species i just don t think holds water. why are they harassing this man? you know, what harm is he doing? make an example out of him because they don t want anarchy out on the lands in the west. it s a complicated situation. i read a number of things today, kate, about why the would come down on him because the federal government manages so much land in the west and there is a lot of fees paid to local and state by the feds because of this. so, that s why mr. bundy isn t getting a lot of support other than from his friends and from people who believe that the government is a fascist entity from the jump. how do you see it? well, it s interesting that the blm was able to make an exception for one
negotiate. some on the left want figurative blood. he didn t pay. he broke the law. we believe in a country in which we are subject to laws and can t ignore the laws that we don t like. i think that clearly if state and federal prosecutors look at this more closely they are going to find that he broke the law and he should be prosecuted. mr. reid is the son of senator harry reid and if i can get him on the program which i would never do. i would ask him are you a hard line immigration guy then? how about that? broke the law, right? something more here. joining us from washington kate obenshain and kirsten powers, both fox news analysts. what do you think, powers? well, look. first of all, i agree with you on the fact that his claim that the land, you know, doesn t belong to the federal government, isn t true. he has broken the law. okay. that s all true. but why does this law even exist in the first place? there were other people who actually took removed their cattle, sold the