TGK
Senior Member
1st order of business by the new GOP controlled congress, greasing the skids to sell off public lands. While I will agree that too many politicians on both sides of the aisle are held too captive by corporate interests, on this subject, I take issue with the author’s both siderism. I challenge him for an example of when the other side of the aisle pushed this agenda.
From the linkat Ride Apart:
"The latest salvo against public lands, however, comes from the Republicans in control of the U.S. House of Representatives who, in a bold move ahead of this year's session, passed a new rules package that allows the federal government to sell off said public lands easier than it used to be. Those public lands include all federally-held BLM, Forest Service, and National Park/Monument lands, in a move which echoes”
"The new rules, which passed 215 to 209 largely along party lines, states, "In the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, for all purposes in the House, a provision in a bill or joint resolution, or in an amendment thereto or a conference report thereon, requiring or authorizing a conveyance of Federal land to a State, local government, or tribal entity shall not be considered as providing new budget authority, decreasing revenues, increasing mandatory spending, or increasing outlays.”"
"What all that means is that politiicans wouldn't be able to fight land transfers, sales, or whatever using budgetary means, i.e. if the federal government decides to sell land, it doesn't have to consider how much revenue its losing from the sale. That's revenue from tourism, recreation (hunting, fishing, dirt biking, camping, UTVing, etc), and other means. In short, they can plug their ears to the long-term downsides of a sale—i.e. they'll actually lose revenue, which is a provable fact—for incredibly short-term gains from said sale."
New House of Representatives Rules Just Made it Way Easier to Sell Public Lands
From the linkat Ride Apart:
"The latest salvo against public lands, however, comes from the Republicans in control of the U.S. House of Representatives who, in a bold move ahead of this year's session, passed a new rules package that allows the federal government to sell off said public lands easier than it used to be. Those public lands include all federally-held BLM, Forest Service, and National Park/Monument lands, in a move which echoes”
"The new rules, which passed 215 to 209 largely along party lines, states, "In the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, for all purposes in the House, a provision in a bill or joint resolution, or in an amendment thereto or a conference report thereon, requiring or authorizing a conveyance of Federal land to a State, local government, or tribal entity shall not be considered as providing new budget authority, decreasing revenues, increasing mandatory spending, or increasing outlays.”"
"What all that means is that politiicans wouldn't be able to fight land transfers, sales, or whatever using budgetary means, i.e. if the federal government decides to sell land, it doesn't have to consider how much revenue its losing from the sale. That's revenue from tourism, recreation (hunting, fishing, dirt biking, camping, UTVing, etc), and other means. In short, they can plug their ears to the long-term downsides of a sale—i.e. they'll actually lose revenue, which is a provable fact—for incredibly short-term gains from said sale."
New House of Representatives Rules Just Made it Way Easier to Sell Public Lands
