A Smart Way to Pay for the Trump Tax Cut: Auction Federal Assets.. Stephen Moore

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A Smart Way to Pay for the Trump Tax Cut: Auction Federal Assets
Stephen Moore 10:30 AM | February 01, 2025


The federal government owns multiple trillions of dollars of federal assets -- from land, to buildings, to patent rights, to mineral rights, to immigrant visas, to oil fields to trucks and trains and unused office furniture equipment.

        The government could earn well over $1 trillion and perhaps as much as $10 trillion by selling off these assets that are simply hoarded (figuratively) in the dark and dusty basement of government buildings. These assets could then generate added annual tax receipts once they are utilized for productive purposes.

        I'm not talking about selling the Washington Monument or Yellowstone National Park. The sales could and in most cases should be limited to American citizens and American businesses.

        I'm referring to NON-environmentally sensitive properties that could be put to use growing our economy and using the money to retire some of our $35 trillion national debt.

        It's a win-win for taxpayers, our children (who will be handed a lower debt obligation) and the U.S. economy.

        Some of the most valuable assets that should be put on the auction block immediately are tracts along the electromagnetic spectrum. The spectrum contains the invisible airwaves that power cellphones, Wi-Fi and other wireless technologies -- such as 5G communications.

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[Smokin Joe]

The best way to 'pay for' the tax cuts is to stop spending so damn much money.

[deb]

The best way to 'pay for' the tax cuts is to stop spending so damn much money.

BINGO!

[bigheadfred]

The best way to 'pay for' the tax cuts is to stop spending so damn much money.

 

[Bigun]

The best way to 'pay for' the tax cuts is to stop spending so damn much money.

Absolutely! But that isn't the ONLY problem. The federal government owns trillions of $$$ worth of property that the have absolutely no need for and mich of the spending you speak of goes toward maintenance and operation of those properties.

[Sighlass]

Absolutely! But that isn't the ONLY problem. The federal government owns trillions of $$$ worth of property that the have absolutely no need for and mich of the spending you speak of goes toward maintenance and operation of those properties.

Cut spending drastically, then I am not opposed to selling to Americans some land that has been unlawfully hoarded under the condition it not be sold to foreigners for 500 years (and if they move to another country and become foreign citizens, to keep from doing it on the sly).

[Hoodat]

The best way to 'pay for' the tax cuts is to stop spending so damn much money.

Word.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Absolutely! But that isn't the ONLY problem. The federal government owns trillions of $$$ worth of property that the have absolutely no need for and mich of the spending you speak of goes toward maintenance and operation of those properties.

I suggest selling to the state of California all that national forest land near the California fires that were not cleared of brush and let California take care of their own problems.

I also would love to have Texas purchase much of the national forests we have here and make them state lands.