From E&E News:
House Natural Resources subcommittee will take up several public lands bills during a hearing this week, including a contentious proposal to redirect revenues to shore up Social Security.
The “Land and Social Security Optimization (LASSO) Act,” H.R. 34, would redirect 10 percent of public land revenues into the Social Security Trust Fund.
The bill, from Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and more than a dozen GOP co-sponsors, would not allow public land access prices to be raised in connection with the initiative. …
Apparently, it’s only about $2 billion a year, which is not enough to make a significant dent in the problem, but it may be a sign of what’s ahead — plans to divert current federal revenue streams to the Social Security trust funds. Right wing groups don’t like the sound of this since they think they finally have Social Security cornered. They’re rubbing their hands in glee at the prospect of forcing major Social Security cuts such as means testing. I guess everyone has to have a dream even if it’s crapping on other people’s retirement so billionaires can get ever greater tax cuts.
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Is this the same Paul Gosar?
Gosar has been at the center of the national controversy, which has also been very personal for his siblings — six who had been vocal in urging voters not to re-elect him to Congress because of his fringe views. Now, some want him removed from office, and they criticize Democratic leadership for not acting more quickly.
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