12 states join Utah

[SAJ-99]

I sent a letter to our Montana AG and it seemed to be positively received.

I would like to see him go on the record with his views, and GG for that matter. Silence is acceptance.

 

[elkduds]

Every american consumer is benefitted by the low prices of commercial leasing/activity on public land. It seems pretty clear the economic benefit of the low federal rates exceeds what the typical person pays in taxes.

Respectfully disagree. Subsidies by gov't reduce competition, favor chosen industries over their potential competitors, Charging market price for grazing, extraction, wind and solar on federal lands would provide a great increase in income for USFS and BLM (grossly and chronically underfunded), reduce other (income) taxes for Americans. It would reveal true market costs of each subsidized industry and allow the market to choose based on value, not gov't influence. Costs of oil, gas, minerals and grazing would increase, benefitting their competitors including private landowners and 'greener' energy. The gov't heavily subsidizing big oil is bad for the planet. 2024 was the hottest year in recorded history, by a wide margin. Another year of record profits for big oil, profits directly attributed to these gov't subsidies. The most important question in public policy is Qui Bono, Who Benefits? Taxpayers are generously donating to big oil profits through subsidies of discounted lease rates, as well as paying for fuel. That is how the game is rigged.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Respectfully disagree. Subsidies by gov't reduce competition, favor chosen industries over their potential competitors, Charging market price for grazing, extraction, wind and solar on federal lands would provide a great increase in income for USFS and BLM (grossly and chronically underfunded), reduce other (income) taxes for Americans. It would reveal true market costs of each subsidized industry and allow the market to choose based on value, not gov't influence. Costs of oil, gas, minerals and grazing would increase, benefitting their competitors including private landowners and 'greener' energy. The gov't heavily subsidizing big oil is bad for the planet. 2024 was the hottest year in recorded history, by a wide margin. Another year of record profits for big oil, profits directly attributed to these gov't subsidies. The most important question in public policy is Qui Bono, Who Benefits? Taxpayers are generously donating to big oil profits through subsidies of discounted lease rates, as well as paying for fuel. That is how the game is rigged.

True. The subsidies also reduce potential income for state and local entities that could be benefiting via revenue sharing. Thus, once again, the folks in Washington suing and squawking about local folks getting screwed are the ones doing the screwing.

 

[rogerthat]

Respectfully disagree. Subsidies by gov't reduce competition, favor chosen industries over their potential competitors, Charging market price for grazing, extraction, wind and solar on federal lands would provide a great increase in income for USFS and BLM (grossly and chronically underfunded), reduce other (income) taxes for Americans. It would reveal true market costs of each subsidized industry and allow the market to choose based on value, not gov't influence. Costs of oil, gas, minerals and grazing would increase, benefitting their competitors including private landowners and 'greener' energy. The gov't heavily subsidizing big oil is bad for the planet. 2024 was the hottest year in recorded history, by a wide margin. Another year of record profits for big oil, profits directly attributed to these gov't subsidies. The most important question in public policy is Qui Bono, Who Benefits? Taxpayers are generously donating to big oil profits through subsidies of discounted lease rates, as well as paying for fuel. That is how the game is rigged.

BLM manages and collects oil and gas leasing for the public lands. It collects over $8 billion annually the lions share from oil and gas leasing while its budget is a fraction of that. It is only underfunded because congress does so choose. That has no relevance to your point other that at fair market value revenues collected would be even higher but I keep seeing the argument by others that the federal management of the public lands is so costly when in fact it probably already pays for itself including the Usfs which comes out of usda budget. Hence why utah was so selective on which lands they wanted. Clowns they are for sure.