Posted on 10/28/2013 7:12:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Geez, Nevada is 80% owned by the government.
Harry Reid stood to make millions on real estate deals. This will get interesting. You know Reid’s crony friends would make money and think of the union jobs.
The left remains the strangest coalition ever assembled.
Who owns the west
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“How did it come to pass that the Feds own most of Nevada?”
If I recall correctly, the United States took the land that became Nevada, plus a lot of other land, from Mexico at the end of the Mexican-American War. They paid Mexico afterwards, but they took it first. Then they established Territories on the newly acquired land.
The Second Paragraph of Section 3, Article IV of the US Constitution states in part: “The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States;”
At the time, that was mostly the Northwest Territory, but later other Territories came to belong to the United States. (An interesting question is: By what Constitutional authority did those other Territories come to belong to the United States?)
In the case of many (not all) states beyond the first thirteen, said states were formed from the territories which were owned by the United States. Not the United States Federal Government, the United States.
Bearing that in mind, in many cases all of the territory/land/property within the bounds of a newly formed state was not granted to the State upon it’s Statehood. Some was retained by the United States.
We’d have to look at the Enabling Legislation for Nevada statehood to see the details regarding the original land granted or not granted to the State of Nevada.
It took an act of congress to impose the great lakes directional drilling ban despite all studies showing that there was virtually no danger.
Sorry, Nevada, you gotta get with the Marxist program.
Interesting. I lived in Vegas in the 80’s. Everyone knows the government has a lot of secret stuff there.
Reid has always been vermin.
Let Bammy screw Nev. for re-electing Dingy.
Nev. is clearly the outlier.
Federal ownership of 87% of Nevada land was a condition of admittance into the Union.
Same with many western states. Of course, to you easterners, it's inconceivable. To us westerners, it's a source of friction, as eastern states were held to no such condition in order to gain statehood.
Sauron
No argument from me. One of the most despicable politicians ever. I just find it interesting given the corruption that the Vegas mafia could reap millions from if they opened it up.
The public lands have one advantage. Fewer people and lots of space.
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I betcha’ Harry Reid is going to benefit from this that little slimeball schemer.
The fedgov should own no land. It’s high time the people started taking it back.
Hmmm. I thought it was 87%. Either way, we Nevadans ain’t gettin’ squat out of the ground. The illustrious hairy screed ain’t gonna help unless he can guarantee the unions to control the jobs. Maybe king hussein will name it a world heritage site thus blocking anybody from ever benefiting from the resource. Remember, energy prices will necessarily rise under my plan. Yeah. And all those dumb asses voted for him. Twice.
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