Great post that really helped me understand better what Chris Bray has been talking about. Thank you!
We have been steered so far off course from the original intentions and systems set up to prevent the very things that are happening. Some Governors do seem to have a better grasp of what their relationship to the federal government should be like. I hope that spreads.
The federal government cannot own land except for designated purposes, yet it does. We're back to "why don't the SOBs just follow the Constitution and be done with it?" The feds are inferior to the states, yet they consider themselves superior. The rules and regulations the feds promulgate are mostly illegal, as they reference areas not delegated to the federal government, yet they continue. The Supreme Court needs to stop being lap dogs to federal expansionism and lock the whole thing down with the Constitution. Limit the power of the feds to what We the People originally intended.
United States 615,311,596 --- 2,271,343,360 --- 27.1%
Source: U.S. Congressional Research Service, "Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data"
While 27.1 percent may not sound excessive, the U.S. government owns or controls most of the land in many western states, including Alaska. That ownership gives the federal government, through oppressive rules and regulations, the power to control, prohibit or stymie any exploitation of our nation’s natural resources, which includes opportunities for cattle grazing, timber harvesting or fossil fuel and mining exploitation and extraction.
Great post that really helped me understand better what Chris Bray has been talking about. Thank you!
We have been steered so far off course from the original intentions and systems set up to prevent the very things that are happening. Some Governors do seem to have a better grasp of what their relationship to the federal government should be like. I hope that spreads.
The federal government cannot own land except for designated purposes, yet it does. We're back to "why don't the SOBs just follow the Constitution and be done with it?" The feds are inferior to the states, yet they consider themselves superior. The rules and regulations the feds promulgate are mostly illegal, as they reference areas not delegated to the federal government, yet they continue. The Supreme Court needs to stop being lap dogs to federal expansionism and lock the whole thing down with the Constitution. Limit the power of the feds to what We the People originally intended.
“Those who control the natural resources of our country control the destiny of our nation.”
https://ballotpedia.org/Federal_land_ownership_by_state
United States 615,311,596 --- 2,271,343,360 --- 27.1%
Source: U.S. Congressional Research Service, "Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data"
While 27.1 percent may not sound excessive, the U.S. government owns or controls most of the land in many western states, including Alaska. That ownership gives the federal government, through oppressive rules and regulations, the power to control, prohibit or stymie any exploitation of our nation’s natural resources, which includes opportunities for cattle grazing, timber harvesting or fossil fuel and mining exploitation and extraction.
Agreed, and see also:
https://tomklingenstein.com/doge-is-downstream-of-the-real-problem/
Will Secty Burghum address this?
No.