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My pet theory is that US 'unknown' federal land (i.e not Yosemite park) will be sold to special interest groups to pay for new tax cut on land ownership. [Edit

by orwin 2y ago

My pet theory is that US 'unknown' federal land (i.e not Yosemite park) will be sold to special interest groups to pay for new tax cut on land ownership. [Edit] polymarket bet on if federal land will be sold/auctionned within 2 years? Anyone?

Clubber 2y ago
I recall Trump suggested in his last term that he could sell federal land to pay off the debt. There's a whole lot of federally owned land out there. 600 million acres or around 27% of all US land. https://ballotpedia.org/Federal_land_ownership_by_state https://ballotpedia.org/Federal_land_ownership_by_state
iseeapattern 2y ago
people like to disguise false accusations under "pet theories" and "predictions"
- orwin 2y ago
  It's very much not a "false" accusation, it is an real accusation and i'm not hiding it? Unless i misunderstood english (which is very much possible), saying "my pet theory" is equivalent to saying "i'm inclined to believe", i.e not a belief i hold strongly, but a belief nonetheless? I don't see what is hidden, is it how i turned my sentence that bothered you? Was it bad english (which is totally possible, i'm not a native speaker)? Or you disagreed with it, and you chose to do moral criticism rather than criticize the logic?
Amezarak 2y ago
> to pay for new tax cut on land ownership. There is no federal tax on land.
prawn 2y ago
I don't think it will prevent this from happening, but one interesting thing is that two quite different (political) sides appreciate and make use of BLM land. The US does a pretty decent job of accommodating quite disparate groups: dedicated off-road vehicle areas, stocking lakes, campgrounds, boondocking, hunting, hiking trails, preserving habitat, etc.
- rurp 2y ago
  Yep and don't forget ranching. Cattle graze on nearly all public land out west for practically free.
Eddy_Viscosity2 2y ago
He's not going to stop there. Putin made his trillions by selling off all the nationally owned soviet enterprises for pennies on the dollar. Trump idolizes Putin, so I think we can see him selling ('privatizing') any and every public asset he can.
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fragmede 2y ago
Musk owns the mining rights to a bunch of land in Nevada which is adjacent to a bunch of BLM land as well.

by orwin 2y ago

Clubber 2y ago

I recall Trump suggested in his last term that he could sell federal land to pay off the debt. There's a whole lot of federally owned land out there. 600 million acres or around 27% of all US land. https://ballotpedia.org/Federal_land_ownership_by_state https://ballotpedia.org/Federal_land_ownership_by_state

iseeapattern 2y ago

people like to disguise false accusations under "pet theories" and "predictions"

orwin 2y ago
It's very much not a "false" accusation, it is an real accusation and i'm not hiding it? Unless i misunderstood english (which is very much possible), saying "my pet theory" is equivalent to saying "i'm inclined to believe", i.e not a belief i hold strongly, but a belief nonetheless? I don't see what is hidden, is it how i turned my sentence that bothered you? Was it bad english (which is totally possible, i'm not a native speaker)? Or you disagreed with it, and you chose to do moral criticism rather than criticize the logic?

Amezarak 2y ago

> to pay for new tax cut on land ownership. There is no federal tax on land.

prawn 2y ago

I don't think it will prevent this from happening, but one interesting thing is that two quite different (political) sides appreciate and make use of BLM land. The US does a pretty decent job of accommodating quite disparate groups: dedicated off-road vehicle areas, stocking lakes, campgrounds, boondocking, hunting, hiking trails, preserving habitat, etc.

rurp 2y ago
Yep and don't forget ranching. Cattle graze on nearly all public land out west for practically free.

Eddy_Viscosity2 2y ago

He's not going to stop there. Putin made his trillions by selling off all the nationally owned soviet enterprises for pennies on the dollar. Trump idolizes Putin, so I think we can see him selling ('privatizing') any and every public asset he can.

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fragmede 2y ago

Musk owns the mining rights to a bunch of land in Nevada which is adjacent to a bunch of BLM land as well.