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Offline Chris_

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Signs Point to Administration Plan to Lock Up 13M Acres of Federal Land
« on: May 27, 2010, 05:52:01 PM »
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A leaked partial document produced by the Bureau of Land Management and obtained by Fox News suggests the Obama administration is considering a plan to lock up 13 million acres of land -- and the Department of Interior is refusing to answer questions.

That would effectively lock up the land from any kind of private use or development.

The plan may actually be more than 13 million acres. Republican members of the House have asked for the rest of the memo, but the Department of the Interior is refusing to hand it over.

Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee were unable to garner Democratic support for a resolution requiring the Department of Interior to produce some 2,000 documents it has on this matter.

The federal government owns about one-third of the land in the United States -- most of it in western states.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/27/signs-point-administration-plan-lock-m-acres-federal-land/

So the Obama administration wants to put a bunch of federal land off limits and won't say why.  I wonder if it has anything to do with oil leases.
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Re: Signs Point to Administration Plan to Lock Up 13M Acres of Federal Land
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2010, 07:50:59 PM »
Or maybe secret concentration camps for Tea Party members?  Or for the monument and National Park he wants built in his honor?  WTH?
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Re: Signs Point to Administration Plan to Lock Up 13M Acres of Federal Land
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2010, 09:34:57 AM »
I suspect its more basic than that. I think its to drive up land values.

The Government (read as: Taxpayers) now owns a bunch of land through Fanny/Freddie which is worth far less than the debt taken on when the owners defaulted - So, by taking a bunch of land out of circulation, the value of what remains increases.

And the administration can show its base how environmentally aware it is at the same time - a win-win for them.
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