Reply #17: Of course he can give away privately owned land.

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All he has to do is BUY it first. You think there aren't plenty of plots for sale right now? Seems to me that it would provide relief for two for the cost of one, namely, returning part of the investment of the victim and allowing another victim a home.

But giving away federal assets for free is so much easier: it gets rid of that national park, leaves the junk on the private land, and costs nothing that shows up on any balance sheet.