We need to transfer ownership of Federal Land back to the States to allow the States to increase the production of what we consume. We need to increase US forest production to decrease the cost of lumber used to build single-family homes. We also need to reduce the cost of Composite Lumber to use in housing construction by increasing the supply.
The US Federal Government owns
30% of the US land mass, but Section 8 of the US Constitution makes no mention
of National Parks or National Forests or Wetlands or other non-producing lands.
States % Federal Land
Nevada 80.1%
Utah 64.9%
Idaho 61.63%
Alaska 60%
Oregon 52.95%
Wyoming 48.14%
California 47.7%
Arizona 38.61%
Colorado 35.9%
New Mexico 34.7%
Montana 28.95%
Washington 28.52%
Florida 13.25%
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/federal-land-by-state
These States could increase their Nominal GDP if the State owned the land. They could restore forestry and end the annual forest fire festivals we have witnessed for decades by selling forest land to US Citizen owners and US corporations. They could lease or sell land to farmers and ranchers. They could sell land for mines to increase supply of minerals and lower the cost. They could lease or sell land to oil and gas drillers to increase supply and lower the cost. These States could increase water supplies to desert land to make it habitable.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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