Here's a snap question, Pilgrims......

On this map to the right, all of the areas in RED are Federal Public lands. I don't know about you, but as I gaze at this sea of red, I am reminded of the red ink our gob'mint is currently swimming in..... and ask myself, Why?

Why does the government hold deed to millions and millions of acres? They provide no source of tax income to the local, state or federal gob'mints. They neither encourage development of neither natural resources or population/commercial growth. Look at Alaska, California and Nevada!!!!

And worse, they are a cost, yes an expense to our federal tax dollars every year. Heck, the Department of the Interior has a visible budget of over $12,000,000,000 (billions) each year.....

And my final question to myself is.... how come the Feds lay claim to so little land in the original thirteen colonies? Perhaps those folks weren't willing to give it up as easily as it was taken from those that joined the union a hundred years later under the political hubris of 'manifest destiny'.

But then, look at Texas with it's expanse of independent white! Aha, Texas was an independent republic when it became a state in 1845 - and not a territory subject to political flim-flammers in Washington and elsewhere .....

Just thinking out loud....