There are no actual reasons for Oregon to not sell the 10,000 square miles of land it is holding onto and paying hundreds of millions of dollars to maintain. They could actually give the land away for free and be money ahead of what they have been doing with it over the last hundred years. It is time to sell it and give the younger generation a chance to own a piece of Oregon’s future.
At a time when housing costs are on the moon there is land which is sitting idle and the state cannot sell due to its outrageous regulations in some incredible rural areas of the state. Homesteaders could settle thousands of square miles making homes in paradise.
Land prices in Oregon are artificially inflated due to the locking down of these lands and the 50,000 square miles of federal lands. All of it should be sold to build housing developments as well as corporate investors wanting to manage the resources effectively. All of this would make the lands productive for jobs and incomes as well as state revenues which have been lacking for decades.
Managing these properties whether it is more housing or forestry, the environment would benefit more than the people will. It is time to make these forests wildfire resistant by eliminating dead and dying trees which are turning these forests into tinder boxes waiting to explode by the gummit mismanagement. If you wanted to invent a way to kill the forests you could never find a better method than what the state and feds have done over the past fifty years.
The Communist tyrants will claim they want to lock up the forests for the good of the Spotted Owl and Climate Change when it is just the opposite. A well-managed forest is good for the Spotted Owl and the environment which both are agenda driven science which was a study designed for a desired result. Neither claim has any science behind them and were developed as a club to shut down the lumber industry as well as farming, ranching and resource development in Oregon.
Oregon should be the wealthiest and number one tourist state in the country if not the world. With the natural beauty of the Cascades and Pacific Ocean along with the lakes and rivers it lends itself to resorts, golf courses, hunting and fishing resorts and every other outdoor activity you can imagine. It just needs to be managed by actual stewards of the creation rather than worshipers of the trees. It could be one incredible state with untold opportunities.
There is unlimited timber, minerals, water, and wildlife. The new studies have shown that the aquifer is three times what they originally estimated meaning there is plenty for homes, farms, and resorts to exceed anything other states have to offer from a resource and beauty standpoint. It is time for Oregon to sell its land to the people for this generation and generations to come so they can afford to have homes like their parents and grandparents.
The role of the State is to divide and sell the land to its citizens. It is not to lock it up or own it but to be a real estate agent to distribute the land and make title. There was never any intention a state would become a landowner to lock it up like a king owning the king’s lands where the serfs are not allowed to hunt or work.
Socialism is a form of monarchy which the royalty has all the wealth and land while the workers are simply slaves who own nothing and work all day for the kings and queens of the inner circle. Queen Kotek rules her land with an iron fist so nobody is allowed to enjoy the riches of her state. It is time to free the Queen’s land and sell it to the serfs.
