[AGL] Mexican Resources

[Frances Morey]

I can see how that would be considered a "taking" by the state. But
couldn't they just "take" the resources without needing to "take" the
property?
Best,
Frances

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 9:20 AM Tejana via Austin-ghetto-list <
austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net> wrote:

>
> All natural resources belong to the republic of Mexico. While growing up
> in state of Durango
> On a ranch, my family just held their breath hoping oil or gold would not
> be found It would have meant seizing land, no compensation. They did seize
> the ranch with paracaidistas in the end.
> Marilyn Wheless-Gregory
>
>
> On Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 8:57 AM, Frances Morey <
> frances.morey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I always felt that natural resources should be divisible among the
> residents of the land from which they were drawn. I guess I adopted a
> vision of land ownership like that of our Indigenous Indians. They were
> wiped out due to their viewpoint not meshing with that of the "settlers."
> For a time in Mexico the oil company, Pemex, was state-owned. Our Big Oil
> renegades assumed their entitlement from the git-go.
> Best,
> Frances
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 8:28 AM Michael Eisenstadt <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Actually Alaskan oil money is understood to be owned by Alaskans by dint
> of living there. So that is not a case of free money appropriated from
> the wealthy. Likewise in Norway. Their North Sea oilfields (now pretty
> much played out) were considered to be owned by Norwegians. Those monies
> were saved and are called Sovereign Wealth funds. The Saudis have a
> massive Sovereign Wealth fund. I don't know if individual Norwegians get
> stipends like Alaskans do.
>
> On 7/17/2019 7:17 AM, Charles Loving wrote:
> > There are a few experiments in this free money idea. Alaskans get oil
> > money do they not. How has that played out? Scandinavians get some
> > sort of stipend or so I think?
>
>
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