accelerating household debt (growing nearly twice the rate of the economy, and domestic .
financial sector debt growth (at rates 4 times faster than general economic growth). .
This chart clearly shows the accelerating reliance on debt to drive economic growth in the .
past 2 decades, compared to prior periods. .
After years of successfully ranching in California, Wayne & Jean Hage (she is now .
deceased) purchased a large cattle ranch in Nevada, Pine Creek Ranch, in the spring of .
1978. The acreage involved is approximately 752,000 acres. However, as it is mostly .
desert land, the land's ability to support cattle is far less than might be supposed from its .
size. .
Located in the high desert mountains of central Nevada, the remote operation seemed an .
unlikely place for a war that would rock the very foundation of federal land management .
agencies. Wayne purchased the operation from the well-respected Arcularius Brothers .
who sold the ranch because the regulatory pressure by the U.S. Forest Service had .
become unbearable. Since Wayne had always been able to work with the agency, he .
believed he could resolve problems that might occur. Wayne soon learned the only way he .
could satisfy the Forest Service was to allow them to confiscate his property. .
One of the first incidents that drew the line between Wayne and the Forest Service .
revolved around a critical spring that Wayne owned. Situated close to the Forest Service .
Ranger Station in Meadow Canyon, the district ranger decided they would pipe the water .
from the spring, through a newly installed $50,000 water purification facility, into their .
cabin. .
Wayne learned of this after the project was complete, and rightfully objected. He .
explained that if they needed his water, they could make appropriate arrangements. They .
refused to cooperate and would not acknowledge that he owned the water even though he .
held two court decrees affirming his water right. Wayne even held a field hearing where .