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Start charging commercial USDA users market fees set by auction instead of below market fees. A lot of surplus is going straight to commercial users of American
by dghlsakjg 2y ago
Start charging commercial USDA users market fees set by auction instead of below market fees. A lot of surplus is going straight to commercial users of American land.
The current fee for grazing, for example, is $1.35 monthly per head, up from $1.23... in 1966. Time for these rural users to start paying their fair share!
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I'm mostly kidding, but articles like this pretending that the major costs of running the USFS and other public lands are on rec. users instead of commercial drive me nuts. These public lands are used for commercial extractive purposes at a loss all. the. time. Why is federal spending on public lands so far down, while more americans than ever (proportional and absolute) are using these resources for recreation?
- bediger4000 2y agoI don't agree with your "/s". You make a lot valid points. Why soften it by saying it's sarcasm?
- dghlsakjg 2y agoThe sarcasm is for the crabs in a bucket mentality, and the idea that everything has to be about profits. It’s ok for government services to lose money. Just fund it properly at the legislative level, and then decide if subsidized services are appropriate. The US government has enough money that running a bunch of pit toilets in the woods shouldn’t be a challenge.