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Originally Posted by dyna mo
crockett, should the government also stop leasing land to private entities for oil, gas, minerals, raising cattle, etc et al? or you're just against selling some land on account of you know, the government knows better, business are bad owners so we'll lease them rights.
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No I think in certain situations it makes sense to lease public land to farmers for example or even oil & gas operations. However I do think we the tax payers should be getting one of two things out of those leases.
We should either be getting subsidized fuel costs or more money from the leases. I think we as tax payers are getting a very shit deal when it comes to oil & gas leases. These companies are making massive profits while the govt not only leases them land for pennies but also further subsidizes their operations in other areas as well.
This entire thing is just a ploy to hand over public land for pennies on the dollar to big oil and gas. The reason they are doing this is because big oil & gas are locked out of certain public lands. The GOP's new angle is to give the land back to states whom can't afford it, then let the big oil and gas companies buy it up. This is all this is an attempt to transfer public lands to big oil & gas..