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| Subject: | | 'Our' Land |
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Tarzan
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Fri, Oct 5 2007, 12:45am
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I would like to comment on Tony's statement "when did our land become their land?" This seems like a common complaint from people living on the western side of the Mississippi River. What every one must realise: the federal government owns the land and all natural features coming out of it. Period. You, as a citizen of the United States, are permitted by the District of Columbia to set your buttocks on a piece of the government's land of your choice. NO ONE CAN BUY LAND. What is permitted is buying the right to use a piece of land for personal use. But the government still owns it-that's why, if your house is on a flood plain, the county can legally confiscate 'your' property, force you off it, then attach it to a forest preserve of their choosing. Tony's paradise was on private property. So? Most open space is, and most private propertyers don't bother to have 'their' property signed on in some land trust that turns it into a micro preserve. Therefore, after the 'owners' die or leave, the land is once again under the control of its true owners-the government. After reading the Audubon magazine for several years, each issue containing the story about the suffering struggle of Little Guy Citizen against Big Government, I'm amazed that not more people have gotten wise to this. Why didn't Tony's community fight for this land? Apathy is as great an evil.
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