Good point about the Feds being fiscally insolvent.
Two years or so ago there was a fire in Northern Nevada on BLM and NFS land burned 525 square miles Wiped out some very productive sage hen areas.
http://www.topix.com/forum/city/denio-nv/T3GI66HBJKPKC1KJ2
the feds claimed they made it a tier one event but it was poorly managed and all available assets were not put on the fire early on and it wound up getting away from them.
Not the first time nor the last. That said now they are pushing to list sage hens as endangered and stop hunting of them. Incompetence of a bigger plan?
Yea, although i think he understates the sheer scale of the problem in the west.
Its not simply the taxes for our schools, the bully army of the BLM or even fair land uses disputes that fall on Washington’s Deaf ears. From this Federal land Washington Dictates everything from water policy(A most scare and critical resource in the west) to air quality policy’s with a level of detail and control that would offend any eastern state, and in itself significantly inhibits the economic opportunity of the West.
This is an enormous issue, indeed measuring by sheer land areas it is the largest issue in the west. who has for too long had to live under this growing problem.
The western state must be allowed to buy their land, just like the eastern states were!
The Chinese are salivating and probably deals are already in place for them to have those lands.
Also bear in mind the plans of UN Agenda 21. Confiscate all public lands, herd the population into “population centers,” put “green corridors” between them and restrict travel and access to those green corridors.
If this sounds crazy, please do some reading on it. For those who are not aware and up to speed on this topic, here is a thread a number of freepers participated in for over a year studying this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2863065/posts
Post 128 of the thread contains a summary of a bit of history and what it is all about, plus reading references.
Case in point: The GAO in 2004 (latest I could find) reported that the BLM spent $57-million to collect $17-million in grazing fees.
As in the old joke, they lose money on every transaction but make it up in volume.