Sunday, January 8, 2017

You will punch a wall when you see how much land Obama snatched from Americans   By D.E

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Using a 1906 law intended to keep looters away from Indian graves, Barack Obama has seized over 553,0000,000 acres of United States territory and declared it federal property.
The area of the United States quietly seized by Obama under the Antiquities Act is equal to that of 27 of the 50 states.
Under the Antiquities Act, the President can declare land a “national monument” if he deems it culturally significant. The law was passed 111 years ago as a way of protecting Indian graves from looters.
But it didn’t take long for presidents to begin using the law to seize millions of acres of land that has nothing to do with Indian burials.
Because of its loose wording, it gave the President the power to snatch up as much land as he wants, for whatever reason he wants.
And under presidents like Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, millions of acres of the United States have been declared “national monuments” only to stop Americans from creating jobs through mining, energy exploration and timber harvesting.
The Antiquities Act has become a blank check to shut down businesses and fire workers.
But that blank check may be about to be ripped up.
Buoyed by the election of President Donald Trump, congressional Republicans may introduce legislation to repeal the Act.
“You know I understand why Teddy Roosevelt had this in place and it seems to me that recently presidents have gone way beyond the original intent,” Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) tells Talking Points Memo. “At some point you you say ‘enough’ and I’m at that point right now.”
It is unknown whether Trump would support repeal. Despite a general skepticism of government, Trump has voiced opposition to reducing the federal government’s control over public lands.
Patriots plan to bombard the White House with phone calls and letters urging Trump to repeal the Antiquities Act.

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