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One Third of all Land in the United States Owned by the Federal Government
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| Jul 10th, 2012
| Tim George
Posted on 07/10/2012 12:45:55 PM PDT by Sopater
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To: SkyDancer
Who specifically in the federal government owns anything? The people in the BLM sure as hell think they do. Whenever I hear them talk about it, it's "our property...".
That entire agency needs to be closed and the property they "manage" sold off in small parcels for maximum popular use.
To: Sopater
I want my twenty acres and a Mule from Obamao's stash.
To: Sopater
The states should start charging the feds property taxes. Actually, make the taxes retroactive to revolutionary times.
To: Sopater
Since this is a “government of the people”, government owned means that we all own it. How dare they try to keep me off of my own land?
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posted on
07/10/2012 2:15:52 PM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
To: MrB
It’s held in trust for the people, so they say.
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posted on
07/10/2012 2:27:26 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("Ambition Without Talent Is Sad - Talent Without Ambition Is Worse")
To: cripplecreek
I saw a map of the United States a few years back (I think it was on the internet) that showed all Federal land and state land shaded green. I was blown away of the little that was left to private ownership. And, that did not include county and city property. It was almost unbelievable.
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posted on
07/10/2012 2:47:55 PM PDT
by
fish hawk
(Religion: Man's attempt to gain salvation or the approbation of God by his own works)
To: thackney
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posted on
07/10/2012 2:48:52 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)
To: Sopater
But, but doesn't that mean it's the people's land? /sarc>
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posted on
07/10/2012 3:31:54 PM PDT
by
BfloGuy
(The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.)
To: Sopater
I’m sure a lot of people would like to see housing developments all over Yellowstone or a business park in the middle of White Sands missile range.
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posted on
07/10/2012 4:42:39 PM PDT
by
Sarajevo
(Don't think for a minute that this excuse for a President has America's best interest in mind.)
To: jdsteel
China wants the real estate, and our fresh water.
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posted on
07/10/2012 4:51:34 PM PDT
by
ntnychik
To: Sopater
Ivory says that federal control was supposed to be merely temporary. It was a solemn agreement that was supposed to be performed in a timely manner, he said. But Congress had other ideas. In 1976, it passed a law directing the Bureau of Land Management to hold land in perpetuity, rather than systematically disposing of it. I'm certain this will come as a "SHOCK" to y'all:
94th Congress in 1976:
Senate President: Nelson Rockefeller
Senate Pres. pro tem: James Eastland
House Speaker: Carl Albert
Senate Majority: Democratic Party
House Majority: Democratic Party
ADD to that the fact that we had as our President one of the BIGGEST, WUSS, RINO's EVER, Gerald Ford (AND HE WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MY HAVING LEFT THE REPUBLIC PARTY...FOREVER WHEN HE SAT BACK AND ALLOWED OUR ALLIES S. VIETNAM BE CONQUERED BY THE NORTH)and now we know how that "Bill" was able to become law.
To: Sopater
“One Third of all Land in the United States Owned by the Federal Government”
Proof or it ain’t true.
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posted on
07/10/2012 9:24:53 PM PDT
by
KrisKrinkle
(Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
To: Las Vegas Ron
Your link does not suggest the founders debated the pursuit of property at all. Locke was not a founding father. John Locke died in 1704.
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posted on
07/11/2012 4:45:47 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: KrisKrinkle
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posted on
07/11/2012 4:48:55 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Sarajevo
Im sure a lot of people would like to see housing developments all over Yellowstone or a business park in the middle of White Sands missile range.
That's exactly the kind of response I expect from people who want to control land that they don't own.
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posted on
07/11/2012 7:40:33 AM PDT
by
Sopater
(...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - 2 COR 3:17b)
To: KrisKrinkle
Proof or it aint true.
I don't know if this is "proof", but here's a map of Federal owned lands and indian reservations from 2005.
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posted on
07/11/2012 7:48:02 AM PDT
by
Sopater
(...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - 2 COR 3:17b)
To: Sopater
That's exactly the kind of response I expect from people who want to control land that they don't own.Care to expound on that statement? Who do you think owns National parklands?
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posted on
07/11/2012 2:14:39 PM PDT
by
Sarajevo
(Don't think for a minute that this excuse for a President has America's best interest in mind.)
To: thackney
"National Atlas is part of the Department of the Interior."
I'm not certain the National Atlas is proof. On the other hand:
From Public Law 85-508, July 7, 1958 | [H. R. 7999] 72 Stat. 339, AN ACT To provide for the admission of the State of Alaska into the Union:
SEC. 5.
The State of Alaska and its political subdivisions, respectively, shall have and retain title to all property, real and personal, title to which is in the Territory of Alaska or any of the subdivisions. Except as provided in section 6 hereof, the United States shall retain title to all property, real and personal, to which it has title, including public lands.
Something like that is more like what I had in mind. Note that it says the United States shall retain title, not the Federal Government. The Federal Government should be an agent for the States, not the owner.
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posted on
07/12/2012 9:36:08 AM PDT
by
KrisKrinkle
(Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
To: KrisKrinkle
Note that it says the United States shall retain title, not the Federal Government. I guess in terms of a legal document, I don't understand the difference. What United States entity would hold title if not the Federal Government? Each individual state have 1/50th with control over that?
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posted on
07/12/2012 10:34:51 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Sopater
“Land....land.....Land, see Snatch.”
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posted on
07/12/2012 10:37:34 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(FUJR (not you, Jim))
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