America is being fed a blatant lie to accept the liquidation of its public lands.

The argument is simple and devastating: the federal government “can’t afford” to manage them.

That claim does the real work. Once spoken, abandonment looks responsible. Transfer looks practical. Extraction looks inevitable.

Congress underfunds land agencies, lets infrastructure fail, then points to the damage as proof the system doesn’t work. Starvation becomes evidence. Neglect becomes justification.

Meanwhile, the federal government funds trillion-dollar weapons systems that would fund these agencies for the next century without blinking.

This isn’t about affordability. It’s about priorities.

When stewardship is framed as optional, liquidation is already underway.

Share this. That lie is doing more damage than any fire ever could.