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Fact-Checking the GOP’s Plan to Steal Your Public Land
Fact-Checking the GOP’s Plan to Steal Your Public Land
The Republican Party's justification for selling off public lands holds no water. Just ask President Reagan.
You, I, and every other American own 640 million acres of land in the U.S. We use it to hike, hunt, fish, raft, cycle, ski, and camp, and it produces hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue that directly benefits our lives. It also makes possible our country’s massive $646-billion outdoor recreation industry, which is roughly a third larger than the auto industry.
And now it’s officially the Republican Party’s policy to steal all of that from you. ...........
The Republican Party's justification for selling off public lands holds no water. Just ask President Reagan.
You, I, and every other American own 640 million acres of land in the U.S. We use it to hike, hunt, fish, raft, cycle, ski, and camp, and it produces hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue that directly benefits our lives. It also makes possible our country’s massive $646-billion outdoor recreation industry, which is roughly a third larger than the auto industry.
And now it’s officially the Republican Party’s policy to steal all of that from you. ...........
The Republican Convention was a real #BundyTeaParty and without a doubt they occupied stupid.
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