Republicans stances on land transfer

[MOHunter]

Does anyone have a quick rundown of where each candidate stands on the issue?

 

[topher89]

Great question... my guess is sell, sell, sell but hopefully some of them are against it

 

[Warren1726]

If you are talking about the presidential candidates, my guess is, they would have no clue what you are talking about.

 

[Trial153]

Just goes to show you a letter in front of their name doesn't mean they are on the right side of an issue.

As for where each candidate stands on it....I agree with the the above that it isn't even on their radar yet as it wouldn't poll enough numbers for them to consider lying...I mean talking about.

 

[Schaaf]

Ted Cruz:

http://m.jhnewsandguide.com/news/el...b4f-a1be-5e86-abf4-1d130d22011d.html?mode=jqm

 

[Schaaf]

Jeb has a mixed record on selling state land, but he did implement some ok standards on the development of state land while he was governor of Florida.

Trump hasn't said anything and probably knows nothing about the situation.

Rand Paul has said that transfer and sale are needed for the country.

Rubio has voted to sell public lands in the past.

Scott Walker has a bad track record of public land sales and apparently trying to privatize deer hunting.

 

[Warren1726]

Ted Cruz:

http://m.jhnewsandguide.com/news/el...b4f-a1be-5e86-abf4-1d130d22011d.html?mode=jqm

This is what pisses me off to no end! Politicians have no clue what they are talking about. These are people that are elected to make educated and informed decisions for everyone. Ted Cruz obviously doesn't know the ramifications of his stance on this issue. He's just spewing crap.

 

[idcuda]

Ted Cruz:

http://m.jhnewsandguide.com/news/el...b4f-a1be-5e86-abf4-1d130d22011d.html?mode=jqm

That's a deal-breaker for me. We can undo most of the other stupid crap these guys do, but we can never undo "development".

 

[Upcountry]

I'm glad to see this coming to light on this forum! I'm sure we're all well aware of how ridiculous and inefficient the political system can be in America, and that makes it hard for us to motivate ourselves to speak up for our own interests as it can seem like a waste of effort. This really is a crucial time for this specific issue though. Living in Nevada, the state with by far the largest percentage of federal land (81%-85% depending on source), this has been getting a lot of attention in the Senate and House. There have already been several bills in the senate to start the ball rolling on privatization of these lands. Fracking has already begun, and the second those show any promise, the highest bidders will roll in, buy it for pennies, and build a fence around it all. Unfortunately, the whole issue boils down to money. And money really shouldn't be a factor in this equation, as there isn't a price you can put on this.

“States in the east, the federal government owns less than 5 percent of the land. The people of New York are perfectly fine with that. The people of Florida are perfectly fine with that. The people of Texas are perfectly fine with that.”-Cruz
This is so far from the truth... I'm sure in his circle of friends in Texas that own 100,000 acre ranches are "fine with that". The people of New York/Florida/Texas don't know it any other way. Those people don't have a say in the matter unfortunately, as it's already privatized. Are they supposed to speak out in hopes of people selling their land back to the government? That's not even in the realm of possibilities.

“State ownership would be better, but even better would be private ownership,” said Paul
For the land owner yes. For every single other person in the country, no.

The idea of losing "MY/OUR" lands is horrifying to me! This isn't something that we can undo! There is no going back from this. The Federal Government isn't the best "business" out there, but we do have a largely functional education system, and fairly well maintained highways that cover our country. To think that any person/company could manage land any better for us, the general public, with our best interests in mind, is irrational.

I'll leave you with the words of my good buddy Larry McKurtis who posted an article on this last year...
http://red-legged-devils.com/2014/07/22/rich-mans-paradise-club/

 

[TJ]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^thanks JReeves

 

[airlocksniffer]

Typical Republican action: Get everybody riled up about Muzlims, gayz and immigrantz and then pull this kind of shit. Regardless of where you stand on the social items they use a wedge issues, the public land transfer has a real and permanent negative impact for virtually everybody except the wealthy landowners and resource extraction companies. This need to be one of the main issues we hunters vote on, not the other noise they use for distraction.

 

[JWP58]

You know what else we cant undo...18 trillion dollars of debt.

I love hunting, and public land BUT.....I would put those issues on the back burner if I could save this country from financial ruin. If that comes down to selling off public lands or pure socialism (like Bernie dingdong wants).....guess its time to start looking for a lease.

But who am I kidding, nobody in the position to run for president gives a ratsazz about any real issues. They just have to make sure their sugar daddys (aka donors...like Goldman Sachs, etc.) are happy. And that goes for ANY career politician. They are all crooked and on someone's dole.