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by ger32
on 4/5/16
gdn: This just shocked me when I read it:

"[Here is another] Ronald Reagan [gift to corporate America]. Between 1954 and 1983, the average lease for federal land was $ 2,224 per acre. But after Reagan, between 1983 and 2008, the average lease was just $ 263 an acre."

Hartmann, Thom (2013-11-12). The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It (p. 224). Grand Central Publishing. Kindle Edition.