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My pet theory is that US 'unknown' federal land (i.e not Yosemite park) will be sold to special interest groups to pay for new tax cut on land ownership.

[Edit] polymarket bet on if federal land will be sold/auctionned within 2 years? Anyone?



I don't think it will prevent this from happening, but one interesting thing is that two quite different (political) sides appreciate and make use of BLM land. The US does a pretty decent job of accommodating quite disparate groups: dedicated off-road vehicle areas, stocking lakes, campgrounds, boondocking, hunting, hiking trails, preserving habitat, etc.


Yep and don't forget ranching. Cattle graze on nearly all public land out west for practically free.


> to pay for new tax cut on land ownership.

There is no federal tax on land.


I recall Trump suggested in his last term that he could sell federal land to pay off the debt. There's a whole lot of federally owned land out there. 600 million acres or around 27% of all US land.

https://ballotpedia.org/Federal_land_ownership_by_state


He's not going to stop there. Putin made his trillions by selling off all the nationally owned soviet enterprises for pennies on the dollar. Trump idolizes Putin, so I think we can see him selling ('privatizing') any and every public asset he can.


Musk owns the mining rights to a bunch of land in Nevada which is adjacent to a bunch of BLM land as well.


people like to disguise false accusations under "pet theories" and "predictions"


It's very much not a "false" accusation, it is an real accusation and i'm not hiding it?

Unless i misunderstood english (which is very much possible), saying "my pet theory" is equivalent to saying "i'm inclined to believe", i.e not a belief i hold strongly, but a belief nonetheless?

I don't see what is hidden, is it how i turned my sentence that bothered you? Was it bad english (which is totally possible, i'm not a native speaker)? Or you disagreed with it, and you chose to do moral criticism rather than criticize the logic?




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