These people are corrupt kleptocrats, they will decide who to sell the land to. Their friends and cronies. This is the Russian system of government coming to the deal old USA. We must wake up early and be fighting these bastards from the start.
We should’ve woken up when GOP reps spent the _4th of July_ in _freaking Russia_. I don’t care much to draw lines between republicans and democrats when it comes to “who’s grifting America today?”, but it baffles me that these politicians run on America First pretty hard but then do stunts like that.
Yeah, tell me you are a traitor to your country without telling me you are a traitor. Did you know the Director of Presidential Personnel Sergei Gor is a likely Russian Spy? Incredible: https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/is-trumps-personnel-dire...
Once those groups you mention are consulted, who actually chooses which parcels to sell? Is it someone or a group in the Executive Branch? Do you think "consulted" means more than "we're considering selling these specific lands... What do you think?" Once that consultation is done are there any restrictions, based on the feedback, about which lands can be sold? Or is it enough to have asked for comment and then it's ok to ignore those comments?
RE FMV, in particular for large parcels of land, valuation is a very subjective exercise. It's not only the land itself that determines that, but the credibility of the buyer. You might get an offer that's x, but then that buyer is considered unable to perform, but this other buyer at .5x has the means to close and therefore that's the FMV? Who decides whether a buyer is able to perform? That's a simple example, but there are countless ways to massage the definition of FMV. That applies to the sale of an every day home, but for large tracts of land it's impossible to argue FMV unless there's language in the law that says "at least x appraisals, with the appraisers drawn from lottery, for each parcel, must be performed and than averaged to get the asking price. And then qualified buyers are drawn from a hat once their ability to close is vetted." Are any of these checks in place in the bill?
You've read the bill. I'm begging the question(s) here, but I'm open to be surprised to find adequate checks that make the skepticism of so many comments in this thread unwarranted. If you tell me to read the bill myself I get it, but I'm interested in the dialogue if you're willing to share what you've learned about the details.
edit: autocorrect