It's Time to Sell Federal Properties

 By Rich Kozlovich

For years I've touted the idea it's long overdue the federal government sell some (actually most) of the 150 trillion dollars in government assets to pay off the national debt.  And a great start would be by selling off all federal properties not being used directly by the federal government, which was the intent of the Founding Fathers.

Up until 1911 the goal of the federal government was to get federal lands into the hands of private individuals in order for that land to be settled, developed and generate capital, which is why there's very little federally owned property east of the Mississippi River.  However, after the Teddy Roosevelt era of conservation that all changed.  The federal government now owns almost 25% of all the property in America, and most of that is west of the Mississippi River.  In Alaska the federal government owns 225,848,164 acres, 61.79 percent of Alaska's total land, while Nevada is virtually a property of the federal government owing over 80% of the state.  

They claim all that's necessary in order to have the land properly utilized for a number of reasons, but no matter how high minded those reasons may sound, it's all a load of horsepucky.  The end result is the use of those lands are at the whim of bureaucrats, and their left wing masters.  And make no mistake, privately held lands are maintained by the owners better than any bureaucrat is capable of. 

Currently the Biden administration has determined it will now lease federal property currently being leased by ranchers and those drilling for oil to green misfits such as the Natural Resources Defense Council, Pew Charitable Trusts and Defenders of Wildlife.   Yet that's not enough.  It's never enough for these misfits, they're calling this arranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Why?  Because this isn't enough to prevent the world from burning up from global warming, and extinction of species of plants, animals, etc., both of which are blatantly fraudulent.  Global warming is the greatest scientific scam ever perpetrated on humanity, and there is no Sixth Mass Extinction.  All lies. 

But we must grasp this foundationally factual truth.  With these misfits no appeasement will ever enough.  They can never be appeased, so why bother trying to appease them, they demand capitulation, total capitulation.  They have no answers, and they have no questions that can be answered in any way they will find acceptable.  Their only solution is for humanity is misanthropic and is in fact nothing short of Green Paganism.

It's time the states rebelled and demanded the federal government sell that property, and with no limitations or caveats for it's use.  Now that would good use of federal property generating the cash necessary to pay off the national debt, refund the money the federal government has absconded from Social Security via non redeemable bonds, and even make Medicare solvent.

Wow, what a novel idea.  Paying off what we owe, and paying as we go.  Imagine that.