The above map details the percentage of state territory owned by the federal government.
Because the already have???
Yeah... they have.
Don’t do it because they’d just run it back up again.
Well Ben. Because it aint theirs to sell.
Give it back to the rightful owners. The states or the local counties.
But if you insist. Average the price per acre and times it by the amount of federal land.
But, if it were given back to the local counties, the control and taxes would go directly into the local county coffers.
The feds didn’t pay the states for it to begin with. The feds shouldd pay back rent to the states and give it back
Camp Pendleton alone might pay off the national debt. Just imagine 200 square miles with 17 miles of pristine Pacific beachfront in crowded Southern California. That is some valuable real estate!
Here, if you want to know how well a county can manage its assets. BTW, there is a story behind all of this.
http://www.marinettecounty.com/departments/?department=bcda1ec1f9dd&subdepartment=b5134f1ee8b7
A lot of that land is rich in minerals and oil.
Barry would sell them to Putin and the ChiComs.
How about a simple amendment to the Constitution, requiring that the percentage of land owned by the Federal government in any state falls within 2% of a national average?
FTF.
The above map details the percentage of state territory owned by the federal government.
the US has 2.27 billion acres in territory
if the fedgov owns 33% of it, that’d be about 750m acres
to pay the debt, each acre would have to sell for an average price of $23,333
so no...selling every acre of fedgov land would not cover the debt.
that should give you an idea how bad the problem is
I believe that the so called Federal Land is being used as collateral on the national debt.
The Treasury can create money, so Federal debt can be paid any time we want to give the Federal Reserve banksters the boot.
It's 1/3 of the USA and much of it prime.
I’ll take a shot at the answer:
Under our current monetary system it is Impossible to Pay Off the Debt, let alone stop the debt from growing annually. All Federal reserve Notes and Credits have been LOANED into existence with Interest attached. If the National Debt were paid off tomorrow there would not be a single Dollar or Credit in Dollars in existence, all that is left is Coinage which is Issued. I doubt very seriously the masses are ready for 10 cent loaves of Bread again. And NO there is not enough Coinage to pay the INTEREST DUE, for that can only be Paid through the Blood and Sweat of Labor, by design. Welcome to serfdom.
Don’t think they could retire all debt, but put a dent in it.
Feds have done this since northwest territory was surveyed. Retired rev war debt.
Needs to be tied to balanced budget amendment
What I would like to know is this: How much of a state can the Federal Government own before the state is no longer a state? Seems to me 84% just about covers it. Nevada isn’t a state. It’s gone back to being a territory!
Yes, sell it all. Then access will be non-existent. PERIOD. /s
Keep it the way it is and fix the dam scumbags in government and DC. Do not let private citizens, corporations, foreign entities buy and restrict access to our national parks, etc. Good grief! I can see the logging companies scraping the redwoods from the ground forever! This applies to any other natural resources as well.
Good idea, but the sell-off should be linked to a balanced budget amendment...that constitutionally requires a balanced budget. (In fact, the USA historically made a lot of money selling off land, but this practice ended long ago, except on a comparatively tiny scale.)