“I would like more lands open up for use, but not for sale like this.”
Reauthorize the Homestead Act that allowed individuals to settle on defined plots of surplus government land. If they lived on it, and improved it, they could acquire title to it.
Make the land grants small, limit them to individuals, require the individuals to live on the property for a defined period of time, and require improvements to be made. Also require American citizenship. Possibly also include a minimum number of years before the land can be sold. These restrictions will keep out the foreign companies, hedge funds and billionaires like Bill Gates.
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