One thing making it Federal land did was keep the billionaires from buying it all up. If it had been state land, there would probably not be any public land left.
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There should BE no “Federal” land.. it should be the STATE’s or private...
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17 posts before the CORRECT response was even uttered. Boy, FR has *really* gone down-hill
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One thing making it Federal land did was keep the billionaires from buying it all up. If it had been state land, there would probably not be any public land left.
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I presume 1) you missed the point there is ZERO Constitutional authority for any such ‘Federal’ land (outside the forts, postal roads and the like)? 2) Oh, States would not set up public parks?? 3) We see just how well State and Federal does w/ the ‘stewardship’ of “their” land(s) (wild fires, rivers turning orange+). At least private ownership would be more prone to actually CARING (or be sued for their negligence).
Um, you haven’t looked at what’s actually already happened.
Remember hearing about the Antelope Wells border crossing in New Mexico? Had a bunch of illegals cross there recently?
That is the least used crossing on the southern border. 45 miles from the nearest town.
Just west of there is a mountain range running north and south about 30 miles long. From the border up to NM9, the first highway from the border.
That mountain range USED to be a National Forest.
There USED to be a highway paralleling the border crossing the southern end of the mountain range just a few miles north of the border.
It’s now owned by, I think the name is, A-Star ranch. The name might be off but the company behind it is right - at least in 2013 when I was down there.
Anheuser Busch. Yep, Budweiser Beer.
So, the Gov HAS been selling it off to the Billionaires - at least if you are the RIGHT billionaires.