Federal Land Surface and Subsurface

[PAF]

6575

[PAF]

Vote harder?

[AdamL]

Just imagine how many Walmarts we could build in our national parks...

[r3volution 3.0]

The total value of all federal land rights (including mineral rights, etc) is in the trillions.

If we ever had a libertarian government, the sale of these assets would be useful to "finance" spending cuts.

For example, if you wanted to phase out social security by gradually eliminating the benefits and less gradually eliminating the associated taxes (which would be the only way of phasing it out as a practical political matter), you'd have to come up with say half a trillion dollars per year in savings for many years. Holding spending constant would solve the problem in the long-term, but you'd need a very large infusion of cash in the short term. Selling the federal government's assets over say five years would suffice.

[PAF]

The total value of all federal land rights (including mineral rights, etc) is in the trillions.

Selling the federal government's assets over say five years would suffice.


Are you saying/accepting that states don’t/shouldn’t even have usage/ownership rights, let alone the individual people?

By what process would or could you propose in claiming unused land?




In practice

Settlers found land and filed their claims at the regional land office, usually in individual family units, although others formed closer knit communities. Often, the homestead consisted of several buildings or structures besides the main house.

The Homestead Act of 1862 gave rise later to a new phenomenon, large land rushes, such as the Oklahoma Land Runs of the 1880s and 90s.


End of Homesteading

The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ended homesteading; by that time, federal government policy had shifted to retaining control of western public lands. The only exception to this new policy was in Alaska, for which the law allowed homesteading until 1986.

The last claim under this Act was made by Ken Deardorff for 80 acres (32 ha) of land on the Stony River in southwestern Alaska. He fulfilled all requirements of the homestead act in 1979 but did not receive his deed until May 1988. He is the last person to receive title to land claimed under the Homestead Acts.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Acts

[r3volution 3.0]

Are you saying/accepting that states don’t/shouldn’t even have usage/ownership rights, let alone the individual people?

By what process would or could you propose in claiming unused land?

These lands are currently being misused, or unused.

I propose that they be sold at auction, to put them into private hands.

And then the revenues could be used to finance the deconstruction of the welfare state.

Alternatively, the funds could be used to pay soldiers to summarily execute those who object to eliminating the welfare state.

That would be another option.