let’s talk more about this since lots of you are incapable of thinking past “hurr durr the feds owning tons of land is bad.” they claim this is about creating space for housing to help more americans own homes. this is a lie. most of these places are remote, wild, harsh climates. there’s very minimal infrastructure that could feasibly be developed there. let me be clear: this is largely inhospitable terrain. if they actually wanted to support housing, there’s a million policy changes they could make in urban areas where the majority of people want to live. where jobs are. where you can pump water to. starting with the fact 10% of houses are currently vacant. what this really is, is a desperate move to mask their failure to control the deficit through promised DOGE cuts. make no mistake, you and i aren’t suddenly going to get the opportunity to buy this land and build a home (not that you even could). this land is going straight to billionaires and corporations. now, i understand how hearing “the fed owns tons of land” sounds bad, but what does that actually mean? it means the public owns it. the land as it is now is already accessible to you. it’s wild and open and free for anyone to use. you don’t need to get permission. it’s not fenced off. you don’t need to pay an entrance fee. you can literally drive out and do just about whatever you want. it’s ALREADY yours. so why on earth would anyone be okay with the government selling it off and removing our access just because it refuses to stop wasting our money elsewhere? there will be no wilderness people can exist in anymore not subjected to park rules, hours, fees, and owner’s permission. once this land is sold, it’s gone forever. inaccessible to every american now and in the future. and let’s be so real, the money they get for it will just end up in the Middle East.