cuz gawd forbid he repeal some of the tax cuts to the ultra-rich

National forest lands could go up for sale
Protests greet Bush administration proposal to offset states' losses from logging revenue
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The land is on a list of about 300,000 acres of national forest the Bush administration has proposed selling to help fund the operation of rural schools and offset cuts in federal aid.

Forest Service officials said yesterday that they do not expect to sell more than about 175,000 acres in order to reach their goal of raising $800 million. But auctioning any of the land would reverse more than a century of federal policy and law barring such sales of national forests.

Bamford and other critics contend that selling the public lands would not only be a betrayal but could set a dangerous precedent of liquidating federal property to fund other struggling programs, such as Medicare, as the government wrestles with an outsized budget deficit.

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Yeah, this is a much better idea than cutting back some of his tax benefits to his super-rich pals!
Man, how many atrocious ideas can one administration have?!

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