[Enchante]

The left is busy demagoguing this issue to death already. Facebook is aflame with viral memes saying that the Republicans want to abandon the National Parks etc.

I think it might have helped to be a bit more specific about what is contemplated, although someone like Zinke surely understands that the Rs are not (generally) talking about the National Parks, but especially about the vast amounts of land under the Bureau of Land Management, which is generally the less attractive and much less visited tracts of land... and which was ALWAYS intended to be managed for resource extraction. Hell, the National "FOREST" system (not the Nat'l Parks) was also always intended to allow logging and mining, but over time the left tries to re-define all federal land as untouchable for any productive purpose.

Most Americans have no idea that in a large number of western states close to HALF or more of all land is under federal control:

[vette6387]

PERFECT! I was looking for that graphic. People need to see and comprehend how badly the Federal Government has been with respect to the Western States. Just look at the disparaity between Massoftwoshitts at 0.4% and Nevada at 84.5%. What’s wrong with this picture?
As for the poster who thinks keeping all of us off of our land is a good thing, just how does that work when you compare Minnesota with 5.6% vs. Montana with 29.9%. Is there really any logical argument that says that state and private ownership ruins the land! It’s just stupid to make that kind of a statement.