House Republicans have added a plan to raise billions of dollars to help pay for US President Donald Trump's massive tax cuts through the sale of thousands of acres of federal land -- a politically charged idea that has drawn opposition from some in their own party.
Public lands belong to all Americans, not corporations.  Joined my colleagues in launching the bipartisan Public Lands Caucus to protect our precious natural resources, federal lands, and beloved species.
-- Rep. Debbie Dingell (@debbiedingell.house.gov) May 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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@#5 ... Why does the federal government need 28% of our landmass? ...
Public Lands Foundation
publicland.org
... Goals
We aim to ...
Keep the public lands in public ownership[1] and open to responsible use.
Support multiple use management of these lands under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act.
Support the long-term protection, conservation, and restoration of units of the National Landscape Conservation System, as distinctly unique among the public lands managed by the BLM [Bureau of Land Management]. ...
1- publicland.org (PDF)
From that PDF...
... Over the years, there have been numerous proposals to transfer the BLM Public Lands to the states in which the lands are located and some suggestions to "privatize" all or some of these lands. Such proposals involve the transfer of tremendous national assets and revenues to a small number of fortunate states or individuals. While the public lands belong to all citizens, their location primarily in western states results in many citizens in other parts of the country being unaware of their existence or their value as national assets.
The federal government holds public lands in trust so that this generation and those who will follow us can enjoy both their beauty and their bounty. Congress has long recognized the national interest in preserving and conserving the public lands for present and future generations of Americans. In 1891, Congress created the first national forest reserves in the Pacific Northwest to protect them from the fate of the eastern forests, which had been denuded by unrestrained logging. ...
#16: Hi Nixon: This is late stage capitalism eating itself and is unsustainable.
a) Agree. The Trumpf junta is behaving like this is the last time the Republicans will ever be in charge, so they are extracting and transferring as much wealth as possible from the USG and the masses before the 2026 midterm elections. These sales and transfers will be irrevocable, leaving the next Democratic administration an economic Weimar Republic with hordes of poor people struggling or in debt.
b) Thanks to technology, the future may hold one more exploitable resource for the ruling elites during the late stages of capitalism: epagebd.com
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