Posted on 01/12/2016 6:06:16 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Trump says Americans shouldn't let the government turn the West into a federally-owned frontier. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Forget China, guns or immigration. Donald Trump is taking on a new issue: federal land ownership.
In a new op-ed for the Reno Gazette-Journal, the Republican presidential front-runner rails against the "draconian rule" of the Bureau of Land Management and the Obama administration's "land grab" in the western United States.
"The BLM controls over 85 percent of the land in Nevada," Trump explains. "In the rural areas, those who for decades have had access to public lands for ranching, mining, logging and energy development are forced to deal with arbitrary and capricious rules that are influenced by special interests that profit from the D.C. rule-making and who fill the campaign coffers of Washington politicians."
On Thursday, Trump told the New York Times he would end an ongoing dispute between Oregon ranchers and federal officials, that's culminated with a group of armed protesters staging an ongoing occupation of a federal wildlife refuge, with a "phone call."
"You cannot let people take over federal property," Trump told the Times.
Now, Trump says Americans shouldn't let the government turn the West into a federally-owned frontier.
"Honest, hardworking citizens who seek freedom and economic independence must beg for deference from a federal government that is more intent on power and control than it is in serving the citizens of the nation," Trump writes in his RGJ op-ed.
Trump, a billionaire real estate developer, pushes the conservative argument that because the government owns millions of acres of land, specifically in Nevada, "the cost of land has skyrocketed and the cost of living has become an impediment to growth."
"Where are the city and county to get the land for schools, roads, parks and other public use areas if they have to beg Washington for the land and then pay a premium price for it? How are people who see a future in Nevada to find housing and employment if the federal government is inhibiting economic development?" he writes.
According to Trump, who's second in the Washington Examiner's presidential power rankings, the only way to solve the issues sparked by federal land ownership "is to bring to Washington a president who will rein in the federal government and get Congress to do its job."
"What is needed in Washington is a president who has the will, strength and courage to lead," he writes, adding, "When I am elected president, I will bring the executive branch back inside the Constitution and will work with Congress to put America first."
I sure hope he means what he says
Wow.
This is a HUGE ISSUE out there.
I remember the liberals being more ENRAGED over Reagan trying to sell off federal lands than just about anything else. Why, because they wanted the government to KEEP CONTROL of them, and then lock them down, as Clinton did with millions of acres.
This is not a bad issue to take a stand on - surprised no one else beat him to it...actually, not surprised.
I’m leanin’ more his way everyday!
This is great news! Just what I wanted him to do and what he needed to do. Again he is dominating the news cycle and bringing up issues that no one else will talk about.
Yes, the Hammonds must go to jail (unfortunately for now) and they have already done so twice. But that doesn’t mean the laws and the awful characters and people in our court system can’t be reviewed and made to sit in the hot seat for their actions in a miscarriage of justice.
And Congress needs to feel the heat of this issue that forces fine people, patriotic Americans into situations that are outrageous.
GO TRUMP!
Why not sell most federal land? They don’t use most of it and they certainly don’t need it!
When has a city or a county tried to get land for schools, roads, or parks and had it blocked because the federal government owned the land?
Oh yes, he absolutely will deliver on his promises.
Here’s what I uncovered last Summer that assured me of the man’s character:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3330070/posts?page=86#79
>>>I sure hope he means what he says<<<
Just like any of the other Republicans running for POTUS?
Kelosupportersayswhat?
This is too rich coming from a guy that supports Kelo.
Trump thinks it’s perfectly OK for the govt to make you sell your land to someone like him so he can make money off of it.
I had the exact same thought right after you.
Go away NOOB troll!
I think that the government plan is to acquire more land to agenda 21 the serfs.
Completely agree... He is quite hypocritical...
When has a city or a county tried to get land for schools, roads, or parks and had it blocked because the federal government owned the land?
I couldn’t tell you where but the point is the Feds can tell any entity NO.
Thanks for the link to the post on Trump’s love of veterans and country—I hadn’t seen it before. Trump is a true patriot, down to his core. America needs him —we’ve had a bellyfull of a president that HATES his country.
The feds are grabbing Texas Land, too.
http://www.texastribune.org/2015/11/17/red-river-landowners-take-battle-feds-court/
I am not up to speed on the Hammond situation, but I wonder why they have to go to jail - again - for the same thing.
Isnt that double jeopardy? Hasnt the length of time expired? Isnt the judge compromised or something?
Only looking for a quick response, not a full explanation.
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