Source: Baltimore Sun
President Bush is set to sell a huge amount of federal land--300,000 acres to be exact--to special interests.
I guess it pays to be a corrupt supporter of the GOP and have the right connections right about now.
The land is on a list of about 300,000 acres of national forest the Bush administration has proposed selling to help fund the operation of rural schools and offset cuts in federal aid.
Forest Service officials said yesterday that they do not expect to sell more than about 175,000 acres in order to reach their goal of raising $800 million. But auctioning any of the land would reverse more than a century of federal policy and law barring such sales of national forests.
Bamford and other critics contend that selling the public lands would not only be a betrayal but could set a dangerous precedent of liquidating federal property to fund other struggling programs, such as Medicare, as the government wrestles with an outsized budget deficit.
Forest Service, environmental stewardship...who needs them?
It looks like the current idea is to make as much money for your "special interest" buddies as you can before you are "frog-marched" out of the White House in impeachment disgrace.
Nice if you all already well-connected and rich, still nothing new for the poor of this country. According to a certain party (Republican), these people don't exist and should die.
Thanks, and have a nice day.
Tags: [Bush], [Bush to sell 300,000 acres of federal land to special interests], [National Forest Service], [liquidating federal property to fund other struggling programs], [outsized budget deficit]
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