Charlie Pierce: Ammon Bundy's sympathizers in Congress are scarier than he is

[DhhD]

4. Senate, conservatism to sell off federal lands and parks to those coming to buy it before it is

taken. Republicans claim they want to help. Must be nice to buy land for your private living quarters with road already in place, maybe water and electricity too. All on the taxpayers dime. Maybe there are state homestead laws that would allow free acreage. Perhaps Bundy could show Congressional members how to stake a free claim. Senators seem to be getting very rich while being in office.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/01/ken-ivory-federal-land-bundy

http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/the-conservationist/senate-this-land-isn%E2%80%99t-your-land
April 1, 2015
Senate: This Land Isn’t Your Land

http://www.hcn.org/articles/western-states-trying-to-take-back-federal-lands-get-a-boost-from-the-u-s-senate

https://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/green/report/2015/10/27/124229/the-dog-whistle-politics-of-seizing-and-selling-american-lands-and-energy-resources-in-the-west/

That includes lands owned by the state too.
http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/this-land-is-his-land/