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Old 06-06-2026, 10:57 AM   #33
John Mercier
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Originally Posted by Garcia View Post
Couldn't agree more. We continue to think of government as a wasteful entity doing a poor job of managing assets that should be for the public good and choose to put things in private hands so they are "better managed." The end result in my opinion is more and more assets and wealth are consolidated by fewer and fewer. Just imagine if one (or more!) of the billionaires or soon to be trillionaire, decided to unload their wealth on public good projects like endowing open land for public good, building and endowing schools and libraries, endowing hospitals and care centers to help control health care costs, and helped ensure the national debt starting to shrink rather than continue to grow. Too bad more aren't like MacKenzie Scott. Maybe she'll see this as a worthy cause. I can only hope.
The government has the ability to acquire it, but has to pay the value of the property.
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