Posted on 07/27/2011 4:38:42 AM PDT by don-o
This data was originally published in Stanford Magazine. It demonstrates what percentage of the land in each state is owned directly by the federal government.
Way way! Too much! Particularly in the western States. The land needs to be sold off, or transferred to the State with jurisdiction(so that it can be sold off by them).
I do believe you complete like of knowledge about the topic more than speaks for you. Now go ram your head into the wall a few more times, while you hope for a different out come.
I think all the property the gov’t owns is also taken off the tax rolls. Lots of money can be raised by selling the land and putting it back on the tax rolls...
let’s not forget all the mortgages owned (nationalized) by Fannie Mae & FreddieMac.
Bull again, Alaska would have no income if it were not for the in lieu of taxes made by uncle sugar, and they do that in all states . Damn do you people not know anything about the country you live in.
Fanny and Freddie, do not own properties, except for their office space and some of that is rented. They are secondary mortgage market, they do not take title.
LOL, go shake your tin cup somewhere else.
And they are never will to say what and or where is the land they want, because it shows them for what they are.
Dude, take your meds or maybe quit taking your meds.
To quote you"damn do you know anything about the country you live in".
You have added not one lucid comment to the conversation. It must be past your bedtime and your getting cranky..
Since you have all the answers and ask people if they know what country they livein, tell us about it, not just give a stupid remark....Educate us oh smart one....
Now, if you're from a rural area, especially out west, you'll get the joke in that. Otherwise, there just isn't much point in explaining.
But it isn't just a question of the land the Government owns. If it has some 'special' designation, the buffer zones control what the adjacent landowner can and cannot do on their land.
The New World Gold Mine was shut down because it was only three ridges away from Yellowstone Park.
So it isn't just what you can or cannot do on Federal Land, it is the restrictions on those who own the land next to it, just because of the owner on the other side of the line.
That is for sale in lots of places. Go buy it.
Now, explain to me again what the Federal Government needs half of the land west of the Mississippi for, and why we are all paying to have them 'administer' it, instead of them selling some of that land off in small parcels to private citizens and retiring some of our debt.
That's a two-fer, removing an ongoing fiscal liability and converting it to cash to pay down the debt.
***You are the one that did not know that the government makes in lieu of payments****
A meaningless garble of words without meaning...HaHa, the jokes on you...along with you saying some garbage about the constitution that I never said. Again you being the only one that you think is knowledgeable and intelligent...You and your remarks are getting funny...hahaha, in not a good way...get back on your med's before you hurt yourself or someone else....poor baby.
Grandpa was farming on land far away that has been in the family almost 400 years, and I moved west because all the expanding federal designations in the area make it impossible to legally cut down a tree planted by his grandmother on land the family has owned since well before there was a United States or a Federal Government.
So much for careful stewardship--it only makes the land more desireable for the government to steal.
Maybe you don't understand the nature of the problem.
Maybe you are part of it.
It is not just limited to what the Federal Government owns today, but what it encroaches on and is acquiring daily--not just by title but by designation and control.
I guess 246,000,000 acres of land the government owns outright just isn't enough for our government to take out of commission.
Read this and get a clue as to the continuing nature of the problem.
If your property is bordered by sidewalks, this might not affect you much, but for the rest of us, in times when the country is deeply in debt, I have to ask why is our government not doing what ordinary people do?
Selling some assets and covering its debts, instead of taking on more and cutting its revenues.
I see no problem, and I have seen much of the land you are speaking of. And my back yard has about 105 acres in it, and I bust my ass every day to have it. There are millions of acres for sale, by individuals, find something you like and buy it. Simple, works for most people.
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