Do We Own?

[genkaus]

That's true. But again we say "under a model which excludes deferment you can't defer".

That doesn't address my point. I'm saying that excluding deferment is a disadvantage of the system

Personally, I couldn't even mount an argument for an absolute and all encompassing position even if I tried real hard.

C'mon. Gimme something to shoot at.

What I might set and what others might set as appropriate uses of such a tool (and what process we might use) is a wide open field I'd say.

So it is. But we have to start somewhere.

Can they? Why?

For a variety of reasons - like none of the proposals guaranteeing results or all off them being unpopular moves or the funds being reserved - though not necessarily used - for a project that may never get off the drawing board.

We already leverage a way to deal with this sort of situation. Spend it or lose it.

Under the current scenario, government does have the option of simply saving it.

Then we're all paying for that loss in productivity. That has to be understood and accepted. For whatever reason we've decided that were willing to absorb that loss. This may not always be an option, of course.

Its debatable whether we all did agree to it. Especially since a lot of private companies are constantly lobbying for developing those lands.

Yep. If they had a good proposal I can't see why not.

A simple reason being one of the lesser known responsibilities of the government - to make sure that atleast some resources are left for the future generations to use.