To: BuckeyeTexan
The U.S. has owned that land since 1848. Why?
Sounds Marxist to me.
294 posted on
04/10/2014 5:52:36 PM PDT by
ROCKLOBSTER
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
Why? There is a legitimate argument that the federal government has no business owning 80% of Nevada.
296 posted on
04/10/2014 5:57:16 PM PDT by
BuckeyeTexan
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
All of that land was available to be homesteaded well into the 20th Century. No one wanted it, at least enough to fulfill the homestead provisions.
304 posted on
04/10/2014 6:43:12 PM PDT by
Bubba Ho-Tep
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