A very sad day for God's green earth. Our nation's president and his administration have announced a detailed proposal to sell public lands, now READ THIS, for $1 BILLION DOLLARS!!!!!!!!! This is astronomical and ridiculous. Their reason?
"Forest Service officials say the sales are needed to raise $800 million over the next five years to pay for schools and roads in rural counties hurt by logging cutbacks on federal land. The Bureau of Land Management has said it also plans to sell federal lands to raise an estimated $250 million over five years."
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"But Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey, who directs forest policy, said the parcels to be sold are isolated, expensive to manage or no longer meet the needs of the national forest system. The administration expects to have to sell only about 200,000 of the 309,000 acres identified Friday to meet the $800 million goal, he said."
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"the administration proposing to sell off public lands to help finance the president's budget"
God, forgive us for not being good stewards of your creation and for allowing money to be a priority. I also ask that some way this budget proposal would fail.
