Please Advise: Obama Supporter & Friend Asked Me an Important RP Question on Facebook

[RIPLEYMOM]

Here it is, Thanks!!!

I am not a Paul supporter, but I do respect his sincerity, and I do agree that he is being unfairly treated by the media. I have searched for the answer to this question; perhaps, as a Paul supporter, you might know it. When agencies like the Department of the Interior are closed, what will Paul do with the National Parks and National Forests ,and who will interact with the various Native American nations? States do not have the resources needed to manage any of these entities, and I shutter to think what might happen if they become privatized. Think: Exxon Mobile presents Yellowstone Park, Weyerhauser's Gifford Pinchot Forest, or Haliburton negotiates Native American treaties.

 

[libertythor]

The National Parks in themselves could be transferred to another agency, and the BLM land (the majority of Interior land) opened up for homesteading.

This is a good question to run by the official campaign though.

 

[sailingaway]

They said the parks were going to a different department. I don't know about Native American affairs. I'm sure Ron would prefer to just let them manage themselves, but I don't know if that is in the 3 year plan. Unlikely since he was showing a solution not digging controversy.

 

[libertythor]

They said the parks were going to a different department. I don't know about Native American affairs. I'm sure Ron would prefer to just let them manage themselves, but I don't know if that is in the 3 year plan. Unlikely since he was showing a solution not digging controversy.

The Native issue is a good one to have clarified because most Americans seem to be very sympathetic to allowing them to have true autonomy, including over natural resources.

In California, the tribes were strongarmed by CA big government and the Nevada Gaming Comission into accepting intrusion and outside regulation into how casinos are run in CA Indian Reservations. Most people I know of either party didn't like what was going on.

 

[specsaregood]

They said the parks were going to a different department. .

I know they said that; but I looked around and couldn't find details on which department they were going to be moved to.

 

[nano1895]

I don't think the national parks should be privatized, it gives us a snapshot of the original landmarks of America and it's good revenue from all the tourism. But you could also argue that there are people who will never visit the national parks in their lifetime, taxing them to support the parks would be sort of wrong in that case.

 

[sratiug]

What's wrong with giving the land (other than Indian land) back to the states?

 

[Highstreet]

The Native issue is a good one to have clarified because most Americans seem to be very sympathetic to allowing them to have true autonomy, including over natural resources.

In California, the tribes were strongarmed by CA big government and the Nevada Gaming Comission into accepting intrusion and outside regulation into how casinos are run in CA Indian Reservations. Most people I know of either party didn't like what was going on.

Agreed. Paul would probably encourage them to actually live according to the Sovereignty promised in their treaties.

Native Americans for Ron Paul!!

 

[RIPLEYMOM]

Thanks - yeah, my mind keeps going to the private property rights stuff, but, how would we keep the big nasty corporations from buying-up and possibly destroying this land? Wow, is this a major concern to liberals? It's a good question. Please help me get this to someone who might help me address this appropriately, thanks. :o

 

[libertythor]

Agreed. Paul would probably encourage them to actually live according to the Sovereignty promised in their treaties.

Native Americans for Ron Paul!!

I would even be for taking those "ecological national monuments" and maybe a third of BLM land and adding them to the existing reservations. The rest of BLM land could be homesteaded. National Parks... they could be run by the Smithsonian.

 

[libertythor]

Thanks - yeah, my mind keeps going to the private property rights stuff, but, how would we keep the big nasty corporations from buying-up and possibly destroying this land? Wow, is this a major concern to liberals? It's a good question. Please help me get this to someone who might help me address this appropriately, thanks. :o

Anybody who drives across Nevada can see that BLM, the majority of Interior land, is already under some sort of use, such as ranching. Handing over the BLM land in Wyoming that contains the oil shale to the Indians would provide a revenue stream for Natives, and at the same time it would help reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.

 

[smtwngrl]

Thanks - yeah, my mind keeps going to the private property rights stuff, but, how would we keep the big nasty corporations from buying-up and possibly destroying this land? Wow, is this a major concern to liberals? It's a good question. Please help me get this to someone who might help me address this appropriately, thanks. :o

Well, perhaps you could message Matt Collins, and ask him the question. If he doesn't know, he could pass it on to the campaign.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/member.php?991-Matt-Collins