[Chancellor Palpatine]

I'm talking about now, not then.

You won't get any argument from me that the BLM portfolio needs to be opened up and land sold, but so long as Uncle Sugar owns it, Congress, like any landlord, makes the rules. With the subsidy (which I disagree with in principle) comes the conditions.

[sasquatch]

Congress, like any landlord, makes the rules

Exactly. Seems like you don't like them.
Or are you suggesting that the ranchers are criminals?
Or that they cannot own grazing rights?
BTW, how much money have Alaskans made from the pipe?
OH, here it is:

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska will pay established residents $1,540.76 each this fall,
down nearly 17 percent or $310 from last year because of the falling stock market