the BLM and US forest service run DEFICITS on leases...so adding what's going on with them would make it the tax numbers look even worse...you're subsidizing guys like the canadian company American Barrick which paid 9765 dollars to mine 10 billion in gold from nevada(one of the company directors just happens to be GWH Bush)...chevron and Manville corps will pay 10000 dollars to take 4 biilion in platinum and palladium from montana...summitville mine im colorado will pay $7000 for 130 million in gold...one guy paid $155 for land but put a 6 million dollar hotel on it.instead

BLM land is leased to cattle grazing at 1/8th the market value...in 2001 the BLM took in 4.5 million in grazing leases but spent 77 million managing the lands. but even at market rates the BLM would still have lost 40 million that year...
75% of all BLM leases are controlled by just 10% of the lesees...guys like hewlett and packard founders or jack simplot...etc...etc....