I would like to understand better who owns the wealth in the United
States. How much wealth is controlled by a limited number of
individuals and groups. Every break down I have read about seemed to
be slanted heavily in a particular ideologies.
I would like to have a good general breakdown of the wealth of the
United Sates in an understandable format in the following general way.
Who owns the land in the United States of America.
By Acreage.......................................Total acreage....and % of total
Federal Government * (* including roads)
(Military,
National Parks, reserves, conservancies,
National Defense,
Harbors, ports, rivers, estuaries,
etc..)
State Governments*
County Government*
City Governments*
Indian reservations
Quasi government agencies
(like the Tennessee Valley Authority, airports, Amtrack etc...)
Non Profits
(Like- zoos, museums, hospitals, Colleges/ Universities...)
Churches
(Catholic, Mormon, Baptist etc..)
Foreign Ownership
Foundations
Public trusts
(nature conservancy,
the conservation fund,
the trust for public land)
Unions
Utilities & Right-a-ways
Corporations- Public
Corporations- Private
Private Individuals
.....................................................
Value of Buildings and other assets owed by:
Federal Government
(Military
National Parks
National Defense etc..)
State Governments
County Government
City Governments
Indian reservations
Quasi government agencies
(like the Tennessee Valley Authority, ports, Amtrak airports etc...)
Non Profits
(Like- zoos, museums, hospitals, Colleges/ Universities, N.P.R.. etc.)
Churches
(Catholic, Mormon, Baptist etc..)
Foreign Ownership
Foundations
Public trusts
Unions
Corporations Public
Corporations Private
Private Individuals
................................................................................
http://www.library.arizona.edu/ej/jpe/volume_7/Jacobs1200.html
Twenty-nine percent is in Federal control (with an additional 2
percent held in trust for Natives), nine percent is state and local
government control and 60 percent is in private ownership
http://www.americaneconomicalert.org/view_art.asp?Prod_ID=480
Foreign-owned share of U.S. corporate bond market, 2002 -- 24%
Foreign-owned share of U.S. equity market, 2002 -- 13%
Foreign-owned share of U.S. corporations, 2002 -- 22%
http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:KxL-3a91NSkJ:www.ers.usda.gov/publications/ruralamerica/ra174/ra174h.pdf+who+owns+america&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/ruralamerica/ra174/ra174h.pdf
http://www.philanthropicadvisor.com/Philanthopric_Links.htm
http://www.rupri.org/editorial/default.asp?edID=85&ACTION=READ
$15 billion in philanthropic assets already resides in the 7,527
foundations located in rural America.
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/land/meta/m5554.html
Percent of Land in Federal Ownership,
http://www.governor.utah.gov/dea/Presentations/PILT1.PDF
30% of USA owned by Federal Government
http://johnshadegg.house.gov/rsc/FedLandsOwnership603.pdf
http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/subcommittees/nprpl/blm/news/amerfuture1213.htm
Governments own nearly 42 percent of the land area and are buying more
land every day. Conservancy organizations are buying land for their
own "preserves" and selling what they don't want to government
Nearly every week, The Nature Conservancy announces a new scheme to
"protect" vast stretches of land through outright purchase, the
purchase of development rights or through conservation easements. TNC
claims they have protected nearly 12 million acres already, and have
their eye on another 3 million acres in Alabama and Tennessee. There
are more than 1,200 similar "conservancy" organizations in the United
States, all doing the same thing. |
