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The land belongs to ALL of us, at least that portion we've put aside for future generations

Well I don't think Mr. Jones down the street is going to be happy when I set up shop on his land (it'll probably be annexed by the national government sooner or later anyway), but I'll just tell him McGavin999 said it's alright....

Look, I do not think I should have to pay for what's done out in Colorado or Wyoming. Let the people of Colorado or Wyoming pay for it through their state legislature. But the amount of land that has been 'set aside' by the federal government for 'future generations' is getting to be obscene. And I don't think someone in the Southeast should be paying for the upkeep of land in the far west. Sorry you have a problem with that, but it's not the business of the national government

Too bad about your car, you really should take better care of things, but then, it's yours to do with as you please. You can even go around looking like a pig because you haven't bothered to maintain the paint job.

Wow, thanks for assuming I'm a pig. It's a r-e-s-t-o-r-a-t-i-o-n project, not a piece of junk. And I would probably be a lot further down the road on finishing it if so much of my money was not stolen out of my pocket from the national government to pay for tree care in Nebraska or AIDS in Africa

Look, I live in Arizona. We used to take care of our land just fine by ourselves. Grazing fees from ranchers and lumber permit fees from the wood products companies paid just about all that was needed to maintain the land. Then the government came along and took it and said they would take care of it.

Last year we had two of the largest fires in the country (this is a state that can't spare the little greenery we have) and hundreds of people lost their homes as a direct result of government policy. This year we had another huge fire in the southern portion of the state and it burned down most of the most beautiful countryside on the planet.

The land should be in the hands of the state, but it's not. If the government is going to take land, it has a responsibility to maintain it and if it's public parks land then we all have to pay.

You don't want to pay, then raise your own army, be sure not to drive that car you're restoring on any public highways, if your house catches on fire, you best have a good sturdy garden hose, after all, someone who won't contribute to the general wellbeing should be perfectly willing to make do for himself. Good luck.