When there wasn't any money involved, for all intents and purposes, nobody gave a damn. But now the land, supposedly worthless, is seen for what it really is: an incredibly valuable asset.
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Western concepts of ownership and privatization came in and clashed with that. So land began to be exchanged.Neil Abercrombie
Once Howard Dean lost the Iowa primary, there was no licking of wounds there was no baying at the moon. There was, let's move to another stage now. We've got the right idea here.
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You're talking serious money already in the bank, and millions of dollars coming in every year.
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When I was first elected to the state House of Representatives in 1974, one of the committees I was assigned to was Land, Water and Hawaiian Homes.
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Land began to be seen as something to be owned privately and exploited for private interests, and never was entirely reconciled with the old ideas that land should be utilized in common for the good of all.
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