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To: Wildstar who wrote (327011)	12/9/2002 12:01:09 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Actually, there is a clear theory underlying the concept of "public land". Sovereignty resides in the people; they elect representatives to wield actual authority; the government makes policy on behalf of the people, which is called "public policy"; and some properties it holds in trust on behalf of the people, pursuant to public policy, and that is called "public lands". The ownership is corporate and by proxy, but it is, in theory, held in trust for us. Of course, that is not an end of it. The government may sell off public lands, if it thinks that the revenue is of greater value than the acreage. It may lock them into a pristine state of suspension, or lease them for mineral exploration. The best use is really a matter of government policy, which may alter over time......

To: Wildstar who wrote (327011)	12/9/2002 3:42:15 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Re: "That is a convenient, yet meaningless statement." >>> No. It's a quite simple and basic... yet important concept. Re: "I surely don't own public property. I can't open up a park on it. I can't mine the natural resources. I can't sell it. Neither can you or anyone else." >>> I didn't say YOU owned the U.S.'s public property. The public owns it. You are but a very small part of the American public... currently we are some 260 million people, I believe. >>> You are a part of that public, and you have a claim on the use of public property, and the right to benefit from that property, the same as anyone else's, and in the same part. No more, no less.