The people of Alaska OWN the oil in the ground.. NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT or the oil companies.. The oil companies must PAY to get it out.. and sell it..
The federal gov’t trying to siphon off some of the proceeds is OBSCENE,,, Unconstitutional and just WRONG..
The federal government OWNING LAND in any State is WRONG...
The federal government should OWN only what the States ALLOW THEM TO OWN..
NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND...
“The people of Alaska OWN the oil in the ground.. NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT or the oil companies..”
Just to make clear, Alaska is the only state where this is the case - it is in their Constitution. And was a firm point - if they couldn’t hold on to ALL of their natural resources (timber, fish, wildlife, oil, minerals....) they weren’t going to become a state.
However, with so much of Alaska land tied up as Federal land - the fed’s can prevent them from getting to their resources (ANWR).
>> “The federal government should OWN only what the States ALLOW THEM TO OWN” <<
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That’s what the constitution says too.
The constitution forbids the fed gov from owning anything but DC. They are also allowed to use but not own the military reservations, and must return them to the states when they stop using them.