04-15-2015, 02:20 PM
Two thoughts on this subject immediately come to mind.
First...this is the same State legislature that hijacked what is supposed to be a non-partisan Fish & Game commission by holding their funding hostage so that certain legislators “got their way” with regards to increasing funding, right? No sir, I most certainly DO NOT trust our State legislature any more than the Fed’s in this situation.
Second...there’s simply NO WAY the State of Idaho would be able to afford to service and maintain the acreage of land if the Fed’s turned it all over. Hell, I don’t think the state would be able to afford even 1/10 of the total land we’re talking about. Or 1/100. Idaho can’t even adequately fund public education, or maintain state roads and highways. What makes me think they could possibly take on this task?
Rest assured there’s a group of individuals sitting in a grey domed building in north Boise who are licking their chops at the thought of being able to sell off a very sizeable chunk of land currently controlled by the Fed’s – land that will almost certainly be posted “No Trespassing” within hours of transfer of ownership.
But hey, that’s just one man’s opinion.
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First...this is the same State legislature that hijacked what is supposed to be a non-partisan Fish & Game commission by holding their funding hostage so that certain legislators “got their way” with regards to increasing funding, right? No sir, I most certainly DO NOT trust our State legislature any more than the Fed’s in this situation.
Second...there’s simply NO WAY the State of Idaho would be able to afford to service and maintain the acreage of land if the Fed’s turned it all over. Hell, I don’t think the state would be able to afford even 1/10 of the total land we’re talking about. Or 1/100. Idaho can’t even adequately fund public education, or maintain state roads and highways. What makes me think they could possibly take on this task?
Rest assured there’s a group of individuals sitting in a grey domed building in north Boise who are licking their chops at the thought of being able to sell off a very sizeable chunk of land currently controlled by the Fed’s – land that will almost certainly be posted “No Trespassing” within hours of transfer of ownership.
But hey, that’s just one man’s opinion.
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