The New Land Rush

[Beestie]

Originally Posted by richlevy

a) It's not their land, it's federal land. b) How do the proceeds from the sale of federal lands get into the hands of local communities?

Your original post indicated that the proceeds from the sale would be used to fund local roads and local schools. The Federal government does not build local roads and it does not build local schools. The Feds therefore must distribute the sale proceeds to the localities to do so.

... There's no reason why the world's biggest economic power needs to sell parkland to make ends meet."

This quote by the Sierra club representative doesn't make any sense because local schools and local roads are not included in the Federal budget because its not an obligation of the Federal government.

Now, if you want to back up one level and discuss the prudence of the Feds selling Federal land to loggers which is cited as the source of the problem this idea is being floated to fix then I'll have a lot less to say.