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Christopher  Ketcham

“DeVoto observed in the 1940s that no rancher in his right mind wanted ownership per se of the public lands. That would entail responsibility, stewardship, and worse, the payment of property taxes. What the rancher who is farsighted has always wanted, and what extractive industry wants in general, is private exploitation with costs paid by the public.”

Christopher Ketcham, This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West
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This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West by Christopher Ketcham
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