House GOP includes language to SELL PUBLIC LAND to fund their tax cuts!

[Anonymous]

House GOP at 11 pm last night added language to sell public land to fund Trump's tax cuts. There are lots of issues that Rs and Ds may like or dislike in the Big Beautiful Bill but selling public land is an absolute No. This is beyond cutting Medicaid, which can be reversed in the future. This is beyond irresponsible. It is a No from everyone.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/07/congress/natural-resources-clears-energy-portion-of-reconciliation-bill-00332507

[Anonymous]

This is so shameful.

Shame on you, Republican Congress. I am disgusted with every single one.

[Anonymous]

who would they sell it to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:who would they sell it to?

One guess.

[Anonymous]

Federal government owns over 90% of the land in some of these states.

[Anonymous]

The proposal is 10,000 acres for development purposes.

The feds own around 600,000,000 acres of land. This is a nothing burger.

[Anonymous]

Congress sells chunk of the electromagnetic spectrum all the time. How else do you think your cel phone works?

The US sells access to public lands for logging, ranching, mining, oil and gas drilling, fishing, ect.

The govt sells stuff all the time.


You people are reactionary idiots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:who would they sell it to?

Obviously Elon Musk, right?!?!

Is that the right answer?????


So he can live in a hollowed out volcano under a mountain like a Bond Villain?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Congress sells chunk of the electromagnetic spectrum all the time. How else do you think your cel phone works?

The US sells access to public lands for logging, ranching, mining, oil and gas drilling, fishing, ect.

The govt sells stuff all the time.

You people are reactionary idiots.

The language added includes both additional leases for mineral rights and logging as well as selling public lands. (Auctioning spectrum has already been discussed elsewhere but is not a new addition to the proposed bill.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congress sells chunk of the electromagnetic spectrum all the time. How else do you think your cel phone works?

The US sells access to public lands for logging, ranching, mining, oil and gas drilling, fishing, ect.

The govt sells stuff all the time.

You people are reactionary idiots.

The language added includes both additional leases for mineral rights and logging as well as selling public lands. (Auctioning spectrum has already been discussed elsewhere but is not a new addition to the proposed bill.)

How do you people think the government was funded before the income tax?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The proposal is 10,000 acres for development purposes.

The feds own around 600,000,000 acres of land. This is a nothing burger.

It's OUR land they intend to sell, idiot. They're selling our country, yours and mine, to billionaires. That's a nothing burger to you? Do you have kids? Do you want them to live in company towns?

[Anonymous]

Ryan Zinke does not think this is a nothing burger. He wants the amendment removed.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/07/congress/zinke-wants-public-land-sales-out-of-republican-megabill-00333229

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ryan Zinke does not think this is a nothing burger. He wants the amendment removed.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/07/congress/zinke-wants-public-land-sales-out-of-republican-megabill-00333229

Ha, Ryan Zinke was Trump's Sec of Interior who resigned for being too unethical for the Trump administration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The proposal is 10,000 acres for development purposes.

The feds own around 600,000,000 acres of land. This is a nothing burger.

It's OUR land they intend to sell, idiot. They're selling our country, yours and mine, to billionaires. That's a nothing burger to you? Do you have kids? Do you want them to live in company towns?

Did you know that someone OWNS the land you live on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congress sells chunk of the electromagnetic spectrum all the time. How else do you think your cel phone works?

The US sells access to public lands for logging, ranching, mining, oil and gas drilling, fishing, ect.

The govt sells stuff all the time.

You people are reactionary idiots.

The language added includes both additional leases for mineral rights and logging as well as selling public lands. (Auctioning spectrum has already been discussed elsewhere but is not a new addition to the proposed bill.)

How do you people think the government was funded before the income tax?

Import tariffs.

https://www.usgovernmentrevenue.com/revenue_history