[hosepipe]

[ Wouldn’t it be the same as selling off federal lands, or other federal assets, to try to trim the deficit? ]

The federal government has no business owning any land in the States.. or any land at all.. even Washington D.C...

National Parks should be State Parks.. All State resources should be leased short term from the State..

Is the federal government a vassal of the States or are the States vassals of the federal government?..
THIS IS the current Civil War.. and will only be resolved when this question is answered..
This is the very thing that has made, and makes America different from every other government on this planet..

Who is in charge the States or the Federal government?..

[M-cubed]

well said!

[Smokin' Joe]

Who is in charge the States or the Federal government?..

Since I buy in with the concept that government... derives its just powers from the consent of the governed, I'd say 'We, The People' should be the ones at the top of the power pile.