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Braxton McCoy

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

Well, monuments are wrapped up in forest or...

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

They're wrapped up in other agencies for the most part.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

So that's kind of the basic layout of the total acreage.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

I think it ends up around 600 million.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

Wow.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

Yeah.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

But don't let them conflate military bases and Indian reservations.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

Is that what they're converting, military bases and Indian reservations?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

No, they can't touch.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

They know they can't touch Indian reservations.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

That's what I've thought.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

I didn't think they could touch any of it, to be honest with you.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

Well, we do have processes for that.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

This is conspiracy stuff in my brain.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

This is just an opinion and a thing to think about here, though.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

If a full rollback, to use a term, were to be made on public lands, I think reservations would sue the government.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

A fear there is, I don't know if you know this, but we broke a lot of treaties with these people.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

And if you look at the ruling in Oklahoma, I think it was last year or the year before, the Supreme Court essentially ruled that 40% of Oklahoma now belongs to the tribes.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

And now they're trying to work out exactly what to do with that.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

If you've got a farm there, do you pay your taxes to the tribes now, or how does that work?