“Public lands should be used to produce whatever they can, be it beef, timber, minerals, oil, hydroelectric power, whatever.”
Yup, gotta love that corporate welfare.
I'm sure that if private enterprise was able to buy it instead of lease it, they would.
What we have is not corporate welfare, but statism - which you apparently like.
Do you realize how much land in the western states is controlled by the federal government?
And you think the "nature equipment" outfitters, camera manufacturers, four wheel drive manufacturers, airlines, television producers and G_d knows what else don't benefit from your preferences? You are a lying sack sonny.