Our national treasures are worth too much to give up for a seasonal corruption of our government. The government can sell oil and pay for much of the problem but I would rather see the world bank and the fed go bankrupt. If we give up our national treasurer for this temporary debt what will we give up next time? Want to give them your property next time. If we go bankrupt with national land we have something to start over with. If we go bankrupt with nothing we will remain nothing forever.
I agree with you.
The quintessential American icon is our wilderness areas, and open landscape, including parts of the national parks. People come from all over the world to see these wonders.
Granted, not everything probably should have been declared a national monument by past presidents, or national park units by Congress. Especially here in drug smuggling country where only the illegal aliens get to use our public lands.