On Restoring the Homestead Act and Transferring Lands under the Control of the Bureau of Land Management back to the States and the Citizens

On Restoring the Homestead Act and Transferring Lands under the Control of the Bureau of Land Management back to the States and Citizens.    

   Among the simplest ways to encourage economic growth is by transferring land from the Federal Government to the States for their free and fair use.  The Bureau of Land Management currently controls 247.3 million acres of land. While some may be hard working and intelligent, the thing is, most of these bureaucrats know very little about the productive economic management of land.  I care immensely about conservation, but believe sincerely that the best form of conservation is blended with healthy human ecosystem, and the Christian Stewardship of the lands involves its profitable usage.  Ever since Theodore Rosevelt’s successful legacy of conservation, each subsequent president has attempted to up him by putting aside more lands for conservation.  Today, fires rage across these untended to lands left idle, destroying the trees, ecosystems and homes of people who live along their periphery.  There is a better way to use this land to improve standards of living for American Citizens.  Take the work of Irvine Company and what it has done with Irvine Ranch for example (IrvineCompany.com). Beyond agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, there are also ample opportunities for lumber, grazing, farming, mining and oil and gas extraction.  

     From 2014 to 2015 mining output dropped by an alarming 29.5% and is down from 2008 by 40%!  Within this sector, Oil and gas extraction from 2014 to 2015 dropped down by 42%, and from 2008, as of 2015 is down 58%!  Farming is down from 2014 to 2015 by 10%.  These are alarming trends in major industries where the United States of America has long been a powerhouse.  Part of these numbers are the result of lower fuel prices, but part of the lower fuel prices are the direct consequence of federal policy, particularly relating to Saudi Arabia and strategic efforts to bleed the treasuries of Iran and Russia while squeezing out smaller American oil producers from the market.  Another large part of it, however, has to do with trade and import policies, along with environmental and labor regulations that have made it more difficult for oil and mining companies to be profitable and prevented the movement of profitable permits for extraction.  By handing these lands over to the States and freeing up the red tape, an issue within which we will delve into with much greater detail in the coming months, a better balance between environmental conservation and human economic needs can be met that brings an end to lackluster workforce participation, median income and GDP growth. (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis "Gross Output by Industry" www.bea.gov 

     If this was done in conjunction with a repeal of the homestead act, that if reinstated with a provision reserving homestead-ready lands for Natural Born Citizens with land acquisition caps in one legislative act, without any tax, spending, or borrowing increases the government of the United States of America could virtually end homelessness and provide outstanding opportunities to grow the construction, mortgage, finance, banking and real estate industries.  This is an easy way to substantially free up economic opportunities for not only growth, but to expand access to the American Dream to millennials.  Focused programs, that put college grads in homestead houses, for example, could reward their hard work and expand the American Middle Class.  

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