Is The Obama Administration Watching "Blazing Saddles" ?

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Ed Morrissey at Hot Air posted an article yesterday about a federal land grab proposed by the Obama Administration.  Mr. Morrissey points out that the federal government already  controls one in every three acres of American land. 

The article reports:

"At a "listening session" in New Hampshire last week, government bureaucrats trained their sights on millions of private forest land throughout the New England region. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack crusaded for "the need for additional attention to the Land and Water Conservation Fund -- and the need to promptly support full funding of that fund.""

It should be noted at this point that the extremist elements of the environmental movement want the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to be freed from congressional appropriations oversight.  The Fund is currently supported by receipts from the government's offshore oil and gas leases.

The article points out that:

"...in their energy/BP oil spill legislative packages. The Democrats have also included a provision in these packages that would require the federal government to take over energy permitting in state waters."

In reponse to its actions, the Obama Administration received a letter from Texas state officials stating the following:

""In light of federal failures, it is incomprehensible that the United States Congress is entertaining proposals that expand federal authority over oil and gas drilling in state water and lands long regulated by states... Given the track record, putting the federal government in charge of energy production on state land and waters not only breaks years of successful precedent and threatens the 10th Amendment to the United Sates Constitution, but it also undermines common sense and threatens the environmental and economy security of our state's citizens.""

The thing to remember here is that the more land the government owns, the less land the private sector owns.  The less land the private sector owns, the less land is available for private sector use that might grow the economy.  Private sector uses of land that might apply in this case might be family recreation areas, in New England, ski areas, camping areas, and other businesses that would hire people, make a profit, and pay taxes.  This is another example of the administration's lack of understanding of how the private sector grows the economy.

If you follow the link above to the Hot Air article, there is a clip from the movie "Blazing Saddles" that deals with land grabs!

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