Donald Trump takes on federal land control

[bendog]

Actually it was not all "federal land." It was in reality nobody's land. The question was how an individual could make it his own. For example, the railroads got land concessions for laying rail on vacant land. (well, the Indians and buffalo had to be exterminated, but they didn't count) In the West, the large ranchers basically carved out a ranch, and claimed title. The federal govts initial response was just how to regulate people taking title without shooting each other. The large property owners bought into federal ownership so they could rent grassland cheaply without worrying about squatters.

 

[BluesLegend]

Its pretty clear these federal agencies are ripe with low level government twits creating their own fiefdoms, abusing their power, forming their own interpretation of laws and regulations and in some cases ignoring laws and regulations and making up their own damn rules. Hell they sent one old guy to prison claiming the federal government owned the rain that fell from the sky onto the guys property.