[ridesthemiles]

Here is the other dirty little secret:

NONE of those acres pay any property taxes to the states or counties.

In Nevada, 87% of the land mass is controlled by the Feds. That puts the tax burden on 13% of the land mass & it can get dicey.

[pepsi_junkie]

In Nevada, 87% of the land mass is controlled by the Feds. That puts the tax burden on 13% of the land mass & it can get dicey.

Yeah but wouldn't that also say that 87% of the land mass uses no government services or requires any infrastructure? So it's like that 87% doesnt exist for the state, and the 13% paying taxes is allocated 100% of the tax revenue for services and infrastructure and the like (after the government takes their cut and pays their cronies, of course) just like every other state?

[bert]

You overlook the fact that the BLM controls lots of the land simply because nobody wants it.