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To: akmike who wrote (18427)	10/28/2000 3:29:47 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 29987

akmike, I have to agree with Dwight on this stuff, <...we want to acquire part of the federal domain for a penny on the dollar>. Property rights are what makes civilization. Collective groups from The Feds, to QUALCOMM, Globalstar, Native American, Inca and Maaaori tribes and families can own property collectively and the individuals therefore have property rights within that collective. In companies, those individual rights can be traded. I think collective rights should be saleable too. Citizenship should be for sale. When you can't use your share of the property, it becomes communism, which doesn't work very well. The important point is to protect individuals in their share of the property. Spectrum is a collectively-owned property and so is the air supply. So is much of Alaska and Xu-Land by the look of it. I see no reason for property which has been legitimately acquired to be sold off or given away. WARC allocated Globalstar spectrum to use for no charge provided they got on and provided service. That becomes a contract and a property right, even though no money changed hands [as far as I know]. The 3G spectrum is so much in demand that huge prices are being bid and that's as it should be since QUALCOMM grossly undercharged for their intellectual property, leaving huge value on the table for others to grab, which the governments, being the next bottleneck on the road to 3G, were happy to do. Alaska and Xu-land shouldn't be sold to satisfy some greedy folk unless the owners wish to sell. In a democracy, that is decided by the elected people who instruct the staff on advice from the staff in accordance with 'the wish of the people' who of course wouldn't have a clue about it. You Alaskans are elitists! Living the high life in pristine conditions while the Californians suffocate in smog and expecting to acquire Federal Property against the Will of the People. You will be using the premier cellphone service [Globalstar] and eating kilos of king crab, salmon and fresh wild meat. What a great life. A shame about the climate. Globalstar has got hold of a worldwide, vast monopoly in one of the most highly-valued commodities [spectrum rights]. When the system starts working properly and technology develops, that is going to have vast value. Let's have respect for property rights. Mqurice PS: I just wanted to be the first to call you Elitist! Also, I'd just used the expression 'pot calling the kettle black'... Message 14678338 and was amused to see you using it [I'm getting too predictable].

To: akmike who wrote (18427)	10/28/2000 3:32:53 AM
From: dwight martin	Respond to of 29987

no one from the East who has communicated with me has ever referred to us as "elitist" Nor have I unless Alaska is an Intermountain state. Maurice is right, he is the first to do so.

To: akmike who wrote (18427)	10/28/2000 9:32:17 AM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 29987

OT >>When I arrived the State was over 90% federally owned. (It is somewhat less today, but the # is so depressing that I have put it out of my mind.)<< Hi Mike, Maybe this will make you feel better <g>. As of 1995 Alaska's federal ownership fell to 67%, and the state ownership rose to 28%. The State of Alaska now owns more land than all the other the states put together!... ucelandclaim.com Want some? The Alaska DNR just held another land auction... dnr.state.ak.us You know what really depresses me? All the "No Trespassing" signs in my old stomping grounds in the lower 48! I sure hope we don't end up like that here. Snowshoe