Ron Paul Calls For The Elimination Of Public Lands

[SunsetDreams]

During a stop in Elko, Nevada last week, presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) said that he opposes the federal ownership of any public lands. After stating that he wanted to disband the U.S. Department of Interior (which manages 500 million acres of surface land including nearly 400 national parks), he responded to a question about a travel management plan in a national forest by stating...

This is not the first time Paul has called for public lands to be turned over to states or private entities. In October he told the Western Republican Leadership Conference that public lands “should be returned to the states and then for the best parts sold off to private owners.”

The existence of public lands managed by the federal government is actually provided for in the Property Clause of the Constitution which states: “Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States, and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.”

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Additionally, public lands are managed for the public good. They are owned by every single American, and are places we all can go to picnic, hike, fish, and get outside with our families. They also provide important benefits like clean air and clean water.

http://thinkprogress.org/green/2012/02/07/419895/ron-paul-calls-for-the-elimination-of-public-lands/?mobile=nc

Guess he is in good company..

Romney To Nevadans: I Don’t Know ‘What The Purpose Is’ Of Public Lands (Hint: They Pump $1 Billion Into the State Economy)
http://thinkprogress.org/green/2012/02/03/418141/romney-public-lands/

Oh and just thrown in for comedy, here is this:

(found in another thread, posted by DUer Rex, thank you)
A pretty a pretty a pretty goose for you and a pretty racing car!

[Permanut]

1. if that happens

I'd like to put in a bid for the I-5 interstate, at least where it goes through Oregon. Make a hell of a toll road.

[SunsetDreams]

3. Good luck on your bidding :)

[leftofcool]

4. I'd like the Daniel Boone National Forest

[physioex]

2. Come on.....

Even Ron Paul knows Ron Paul will never win the nomination....

[Javaman]

5. In other words, moron paul hates national parks.

that should be yelled loud and clear.

[MattBaggins]

6. MattBaggins calls for the elimination of MoRon Paul's brain

ooops to late.

[WI_DEM]

7. I wonder if those young people he seems to get for him on college campuses

understand what having him as president would really mean?

[Blue_Tires]

8. Sadly our resident Paulites stopped visiting these threads

they're no fun....