By Rebekah Rast
Do you remember the folksy song “This Land is Your Land”?
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me.
Well, if you head west you will quickly realize that much of the land is not yours — it’s theirs — the federal government’s.
In fact, the federal government owns almost 650 million acres of land in the U.S. That’s about 30 percent of all the land area in the nation and includes national parks, forests and wildlife refuges.
This federal government land grabbing can have negative impacts on job markets, economic development and tax revenues for those states.
“The federal government has more control over the economy of states than elected governors and legislatures do,” says Don Todd, senior research director at Americans for Limited Government (ALG). “The feds decide where you can fish and harvest.”
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