Do you know how much land in the United States is owned by the Federal Government? It’s shocking:
Take at look at the map on the “Strange Maps” site.
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@haaaaa: It’s pretty clear that that’s been going on for a while.
The Federal Government does have a lot of land, but since I did train in the Army on quite a lot their so called land that actually belongs to the Military who is owned and operated by the Federal Government which is nothing more than a Catch-22. In kalifornia I have trained on Fort Ord, Camp Hunter-Leggit, Camp Roberts (Reserses), 29 Palms (Marine Base) Pacific Missile Test Center, China Lake (both Navy) Vandenberg Air Force and Edwards Air Force Bases. Texas, Actually New Mexico White Sands and Donna Anna Range Camp, Fort Polk LA Jungle Warfare Training (Swamp land), Camp Stewart Jungle Warfare (Swamp Land), Fort Gordon, Ga all kinds of land that is used not only for military but for fishing and hunting as well. Never really cared for state side duty. Arizona almost half the state is Government land Luke Air Force, Davis-Monthan Air Force Bases, Barry M. Goldwater Range is used for bombing exercises by the Air Force and the Marine Corps next to Mexico in Arizona, Camp Navajo, Arizona is currently the largest, most important and general base in the state Flagstaff, Fort Huachuca Tucson, Yuma Proving Ground and MCAS Yuma (Marines) Nevada Creech Air Force, Nellis Air Force Base and NAS Fallon. The Government may say they own the land but the the military keeps paying the premiums and upkeep.
@SFC: I don’t see the Catch-22 at all. The federal government owns the land, and manages it through its various offices and divisions and branches. One of those is the Department of Defense – the “Military” – which operates a large portion, but not the largest portion of federally-owned land. You’ve got to do your homework. Most of Arizona is in fact operated by BLM, Forest Service or Indian Affairs. The Military operates a pretty small fragment of the land.
Most importantly, however, the “Military” is not some separate entity that “keeps paying the premiums and upkeep.” It’s the U.S. Government doing it, through the office of the Department of Defense.
1) The government has a huge debt.
2) The government owns huge piles of land.
I see a solution to the national debt.
Are you suggesting the govt break-even with China and other countries by handing over land (which they took from the states in the first place)? Who else has the money to buy up all this land and settle our national debt problem? Not individuals, but foreign govts.
There are oil and gas compnaies that have billions in cash reserves just waiting to gobble up this property. Then after the land has been purchased by these companies, not only the revenue from sales but also the revenue from property taxes will help reduce the defecit. This administration is leaning so socialist it will bankrupt our nation to further it’s cause.
The United States gov uses the land to maintain the armed forces as well as protect/regulate wildlife reserves and logging/mining operations. Without the regulation the land would be logged and hunted until it was a barren wasteland. If you call the gov owning land socialist then i assume having children working in factories and losing limbs is ok because its free market without regulation. if the gov doesnt own any land how are they supposed to do anything? and the land is leased out to the private sector for logging and mining. unless you want soldiers quartered in your home and trained in your neighborhood the gov has to own land, not socialism, just common sense.
Then who is paying the property taxes lost when the government owns it
It is killing the local boards with the loss of revenue as I know as being on a local board
The federal government owns nothing…not one stick or stone…absolutely nothing. Everything is owned by the people, not the government.
sorta like in the old USSR huh?
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With the enactment of the Omnibus land Management Act of 2009 H.R. 146, signed into law by B.O. March 30, 2009, those percentages are about to up considerably. Also, see United Nations Agenda 21 (Habitat 1 – Wilderness Areas)
With the enactment of the Omnibus land Management Act of 2009 H.R. 146, signed into law by B.O. March 30, 2009, those percentages are about to up considerably. Also, see United Nations Agenda 21 (Habitat 1 – Wilderness Areas)
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