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Allodial
Title for American's Property
In the Treaty of Paris, which ended the American
Revolutionary war, the American people were given their lands in "Allodial
Title". What this means is that we then owned all the property in
this country free and clear.
Allodial -
"Free; not holden of any lord or superior; owned without obligation of
vassalage or fealty; the opposite of feudal."
What these means to the average American is that, at
some point, our government has returned us to the feudal system of land
ownership. Now we "owe" an obligation to our government to pay
taxes on the property that we "should" own in allodial title.
Not only is this land, but also every possession we have including our houses,
our cars and everything else we think we own.
With all of the talk of "reducing the
deficit", why don't we consider doing what our forefathers once proposed?
Means to
Eliminate the National Debt
To reduce the post revolution debt, a proposal was made
involving the use of public lands to retire the debt. At that time one writer estimated at that time there were
over 360 million acres of ungranted lands which, sold at a little over sixpence
per acre would pay retire the debt. Connecticut
journal July 30th 1783. an honest Republican, in the independent
Chronicle Boston June 26, 1783.
The
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administers more public land than any other
federal agency, 264 million acres.
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BLM Lands (1)
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Forest Service Lands (2) (3)
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Sum of BLM and Forest Service Lands
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Federal Total
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Total State Acreage (4)
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State
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Acres
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% of state acreage
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Acres
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% of state acreage
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Acres
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% of state acreage
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Acres
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% of state acreage
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Alaska
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86,908,060
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23.8
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21,969,321
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6
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108,877,381
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29.8
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171,787,844
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47
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365,481,600
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Arizona
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14,220,457
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19.6
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11,251,701
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15.5
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25,472,158
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35
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31,336,526
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43.1
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72,699,000
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California
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14,556,074
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14.5
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20,647,142
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20.6
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35,203,216
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35.1
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44,757,474
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44.7
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100,206,720
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Colorado
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8,260,306
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12.4
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14,508,108
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21.8
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22,768,414
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34.2
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24,128,982
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36.3
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66,485,760
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Idaho
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11,775,052
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22.2
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20,460,774
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38.7
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32,235,826
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60.9
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32,991,905
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62.3
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52,933,120
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Montana
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6,259,211
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6.7
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16,877,005
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18.1
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23,136,216
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24.8
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25,485,347
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27.3
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93,271,040
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Nevada
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47,841,264
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68.1
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5,823,676
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8.3
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53,664,940
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76.4
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56,081,559
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79.8
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70,264,320
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New
Mexico
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12,541,069
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16.1
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9,326,935
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12
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21,868,004
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28.1
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26,217,230
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33.7
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77,766,400
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Oregon
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16,145,615
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26.2
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15,656,351
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25.4
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31,801,966
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51.6
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31,809,283
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51.6
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61,598,720
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Utah
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22,832,630
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43.3
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8,112,730
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15.4
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30,945,360
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58.7
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33,898,255
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64.3
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52,696,960
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Washington
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370,110
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0.9
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9,177,071
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21.5
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9,547,181
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22.4
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11,938,958
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28
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42,693,760
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Wyoming
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18,373,492
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29.5
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9,247,742
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14.8
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27,621,234
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44.3
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30,878,166
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49.5
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62,343,040
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Sub-total
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260,364,677
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22.3
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165,082,211
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14.1
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425,446,888
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36.4
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563,080,110.60
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48.2
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1,167,797,880
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U.S.
Total
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261,614,888
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11.5
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191,785,560
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8.4
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453,400,448
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20
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2,271,343,360
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Western States as a % of U.S. total
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99.5
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86.1
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93.8
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51.4
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http://www.nap.edu/html/hardrock_fed_lands/ch1_t1.html
The Debt To the Penny
Current Amount
01/16/2003 $6,384,824,540,523.90
Current
Month
01/15/2003 $6,386,957,326,682.31
01/14/2003 $6,383,462,572,294.58
01/13/2003 $6,380,582,269,971.85
01/10/2003 $6,382,620,048,093.48
01/09/2003 $6,381,926,712,367.35
01/08/2003 $6,383,281,068,493.19
01/07/2003 $6,387,381,983,103.35
01/06/2003 $6,383,514,236,076.15
01/03/2003 $6,382,650,489,675.40
01/02/2003 $6,389,356,141,156.55
http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opdpenny.htm
Divide current deficit by the number of acres of Federal
Land and you get:
$2811.0344974539648642114594246112 per acre!
Most of this land is prime real estate which, IF you
could get it, would cost over $5,000 per acre. What if we could get our
government to open up the sale of all this Federal property for sale to the
American Public? We could set down guidelines where each individual could
only buy 5 or 10 acres. Not only would we wipe out the debt, but we would
give the American public back the land in allodial title as it was
originally granted. This would also allow virtually every American to
achieve the American dream of owning their own property, lower taxation and
boost our economy.
Comments are welcome.
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