Monday, April 24, 2006

When Government Owns The Land Government Owns You

The Fight Against Government Land Ownership

By Henry Lamb

Why does the federal government own 65 percent of all the land west of Denver and less than 2 percent of the land east of Denver? Who cares?

Everyone should care. The federal government was not created to be the owner of the land; it was created expressly to get the "right of soil" out of the hands of a king – that is, out of the hands of government...