It seems that some in Congress will go to any length to enhance revenues (without taxes) and claim deficit reductions while voting for tax cuts for the superrich. Richard Pombo is notorious for his support of drilling in the Arctic Refuge, his efforts to end the 30-year protections of the Endangered Species Act, and his lack of concern about environmental pollutants (see a wealth of newspaper and organization articles linked at this anti-Pombo blog here, and this Sierra Club information here). Now Pombo has gone even further--he has also proposed selling our precious national parks (see this article in the San Francisco Chronicle). Among parks suggested for the ax are the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historical Site in Massachusetts and the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve in Alaska.
It appears that Pombo has no comprehension of the long-term planning that is necessary to protect and preserve this fair land for future generations. This kind of brinksmanship and toying with our American heritage is, quite simply, despicable.
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