[taxcontrol]

Can be but the Constitution does not require it to be. And since it is not ... the full powers of the enumerated Congressional legislative authority apply.

[WayneS]

Yes, but by that argument the government could claim they 'need' 1,000,000 acres of land to build a 100 acre national park. That would be an unreasonable claim.

Regardless of the powers with which they have been entrusted by the People, it is reasonable to demand that our government exercise those powers in a reasonable manner.

There is NO reason whatsoever for the federal government to own any more land than is absolutely necessary to construct and maintain those types facilities, and only those types of facilities, enumerated in the constitution.

Your argument is really nothing more than acquiescence to an unnecessary expansion of power by the federal government - and I oppose ALL unnecessary expansions of the federal government.

[ohioman]

How long have you worked for the BLM?