[Amendment10]

"When he talked about not giving and federal land back to the States because they can't be trusted to take care of it, ..."

Regarding Congress’s limited power to appropriate taxes, consider that the states don’t have the revenues to take care of land and provide services to their citizens because unconstitutional federal taxes are so great.

[tacticalogic]

Regarding Congress’s limited power to appropriate taxes, consider that the states don’t have the revenues to take care of land and provide services to their citizens because unconstitutional federal taxes are so great.

IMHO, the fundamental problem with what he's saying is the issue of trust.

[doldrumsforgop]

“Regarding Congress’s limited power to appropriate taxes, consider that the states don’t have the revenues to take care of land and provide services to their citizens because unconstitutional federal taxes are so great. “

The easy solution here then is for the govt to sell the land to privatize it.

Not only does the feds or state not have to steward it, but they can generate tax revenues off it.

Please indicate why this is not optimum for a free society.