Dwight you may wipe this away, but I believe you should read this; A powerful Republican chairman in the House of Representatives just shared with his constituents his desire to begin selling our national parks. Rep. Cliff Stearns of Florida was caught on video in a local town meeting. Here is what he said:I got attacked in a previous town meeting for not supporting another national park in this country, a 200-mile trailway. And I told the man that we dont need more national parks in this country, we need to actually sell off some of our national parks. There is a video of Rep. Stearns at Think Progress. This is not the first time Republican members of Congress have advocated selling off Americans’ public lands without clarifying how taxpayers would get a fair return for them. Last fall, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) proposed selling off 3.3 million acres of the public lands that belong to all of us. And former Rep. Richard Pombo proposed selling national parks to mining companies in 2005. Republican presidential candidates have also recently been confused about the tangible and intangible values of our national parks and public lands. Mitt Romney told the Reno Gazette-Journal that he doesn’t know “what the purpose is” of public lands, Rick Santorum told Idahoans that public lands should go “back to the hands” of the private sector, and Ron Paul advocated for public lands to be turned over to the states. dailykos/story/2013/10/10/1246005/-GOP-wants-to-SELL-our-National-Parks-not-open-them#
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:47:12 +0000