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Why do we need to “use” it? Just leave it alone.
by xenospn 2y ago
Why do we need to “use” it? Just leave it alone.
- pcaharrier 2y agoBecause the federal government has no power to hold onto a state's land without using it for some constitutionally-authorized purpose. So ultimately it's an argument based on state sovereignty. But aside from that "As the federal government itself recognizes, state and local governments suffer 'losses in property taxes due to the existence of nontaxable Federal lands within their boundaries,' owing to their 'inability … to collect property taxes on federally owned land.'”
- xenospn 2y agoSounds to me like the federal government owns it and it just happens to be within Utah’s borders. They shouldn’t have any claim to tax it.