Russia to hand over agricultural land to families with many children

The new Russian law on impounding unused agricultural land could be amended with a clause allowing such plots to be given free to families with three or more children, the head of State Duma Committee for Agriculture has said.

“It is possible that we will write in this bill that land not used today could be used by families with many children. Plots of land confiscated because of improper use could be handed over to families of Russian citizens with three or more children who permanently reside in rural areas. Such families could then use the land for family farms of up to 50 hectares (123.5 acres),” MP Nikolai Pankov (United Russia) said in an interview with Izvestia daily.

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The existing draft of the bill also stipulates that businessmen willing to launch their own agricultural enterprises can buy land from the state at prices fixed in state land registries. They would then be under an obligation to use it. If regional supervising bodies discover that the purchased land remains unused for a year, the owner would be fined (the proposed fines vary from 0.3 to 1.5 percent of the plot’s registry price). If the situation continues for a second year, the land would be confiscated and passed to different owners either through an auction or by some other scheme.

“The essence of our proposal is not in confiscating and selling this land, but in developing mechanisms that would stimulate people into cultivating this land. We will hold auctions inviting as many people as possible, prioritizing those who already owns land and successfully cultivates it,” MP Pankov told reporters.

The deadline for submitting amendments to the draft law on impounding non-used agricultural lands expires on May 15. Sources in the State Duma have told Izvestia that the second reading of the bill will be held before the end of June.

Currently Russia has about 198 million hectares of agricultural land and at least 28 million of these are state owned and unused.

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America would be great again overnight

There is NO need for wealth redistribution, there is only need for government to get out of the way, and redistribute the Land it stole from the American people.

WHY ? Federal Government owning 2.27 billion Acres of Land, reminds me of Monarchy 1000 years ago, or even a few centuries ago.

It is time to demand the Federal Government relinquish ownership of the Lands that belong to the People.

As of 2012, there are 2.27 billion Acres owned by the Federal Government. Hence, divided by 320 million US citizens, equals 7 Acres (see pic below).

A family of 4, would get 28 Acres.

Americans are getting poorer & poorer. Commerce & Industry is slowly but surely slowing down to become irrelevant as a World power. Imagine WE reclaim ownership of the Federal Lands. Imagine a redistribution of the said Lands equally among the US citizens of this once great country. Equally but by priority of right to choose your 7 Acres of Land. 1st, Native Americans would pick their 7 Acre parcel. 2nd, and in order, the Families that can prove to be the oldest generations to set foot in America. And on and on, until the newest US citizens would get to pick last.
Imagine being the owner of 7 Acres over night. Imagine the commerce & industry ensuing after the redistribution. Some might sell their land, others might make it flourish (as Farms, Industry, developments, etc...). America would become GREAT AGAIN OVERNIGHT.

America would become once again the number 1 economy in the World.

Forget food stamps, government housing, and all handouts, get what is yours, 7 Acres of Land, that you may use or partially sell to have your family live like human beings.

Imagine each homeless now the owner of 7 Acres of Land.