“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 Alaska Constitution only holds on to the State and Private land mineral rights. The natives hold their mineral rights and the Feds own the Federal Land mineral rights.
[ However, with so much of Alaska land tied up as Federal land - the fed’s can prevent them from getting to their resources (ANWR). ]
True.. that is why I said what I said..
The federal government OWNING State land or ANY resources is UN-constitutional..
The federal government should be a VASSAL of the States..
The States should NOT BE VASSALs of the federal government..
Because thats exactly what is at stake here..
and the difference between a republic and a democracy..
The federal government has NO Business interfering in the affairs within a State.. making State government a slave.. or a vassal..
For we have three governments in the United States..
1) Federal..
2) State...
3) Local
and the federal government is ONLY needed for disputes between the States..
Communism(socialism) blurs that distinction..
ALL democrats and many republicans are IGNORANT of these FACT(S)..
except for the COMMUNISTS among them.. THEY DO KNOW...
ever head of Saul Alinsky?..and Cloward-Piven?...
>> “Just to make clear, Alaska is the only state where this is the case” <<
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Wrong!
Our federal constitution says that it is true in all the states, but the feds disobey that useless document.