ARIZONA
IS
BROKEN
WHY DO WE NEED TO:
OUR TENETS:
I. ARIZONS HAVE A RIGHT TO ALL 73 MILLION ACRES OF OUR STATE
II. WE HAVE A RIGHT TO THE SAME AMERICAN DREAM OF OUR FOREBEARS
III. ARIZONA'S CURRENT TRAJECTORY IS FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN
IV. A FEW CLEAR AND CONCISE ACTIONS CAN STABILIZE OUR FUTURE
V. WE MUST RETURN TO FIRST PRINCIPLES AND RISE ABOVE THE UNIPARTY MACHINE
VI. WE MUST RELENTLESSLY DRIVE DOWN AND DEFLATE THE COST OF HOMES AND LAND IN ARIZONA. THE TYPICAL ARIZONA HOMEOWNER COULD NOT AFFORD TO PURCHASE THEIR OWN HOME TODAY.
VII. THE WESTWARD AND SOUTHEASTWARD SPRAWLING PHOENIX METRO AREA IS A LAZY, INCOMPLETE PLAN FOR ARIZONA’S GROWTH AND WE DESERVE BETTER
VII. AS CITIZENS, WE ALREADY OWN ALL THE LAND WE NEED TO UNLEASH ECONOMIC FREEDOM, DRIVE DOWN COST OF LIVING AND INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENERGY SECURITY ALL AT ONCE
IX. IN CURRENT STATE ARIZONA, COST OF LIVING IS ROUGHLY DOUBLE WHAT IT SHOUD BE WITH WAGE GROWTH ROUGHLY FLAT: ONE GENERATION BEFORE LIVED ON ONE SALARY AND BOUGHT THE SAME HOMES WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD WITH TWO
X. ARIZONA IS TO EITHER BECOME THE NEXT SAN FRANCISCO, OR THE NEXT FLORIDA. IT ALL STARTS WITH THE LAND.
95.8% OF TEXAS LAND IS PRIVATELY OWNED LAND
SAME GOES FOR KANSAS, IOWA, OHIO, INDIANA AND MANY OTHERS
THE COST OF A HOUSE:
THE COST OF AN ACRE:
18% OF ARIZONA LAND IS PRIVATELY OWNED LAND
THE COST OF A HOUSE:
THE COST OF AN ACRE:
NOTICE A TREND?
A STATE NEEDS HEADROOM TO GROW AND DEVELOPERS NEED CHEAP LAND TO BUILD HOUSING AND AMMENITIES.
TEXAS, WYOMING, IDAHO, SOUTH DAKOTA AND IOWA COMBINED HAVE AN AVERAGE OF 8 ACRES PER CAPITA OF PRIVATE LAND
ARIZONA CURRENTLY HAS 1.8
WE ARE SUFFOCATING OUR OWN CITIZENS
WE ESTIMATE THAT PRIVATIZING 40 MILLION ACRES OF LAND WILL DRIVE COSTS DOWN BY:
PER ACRE
MEDIAN HOME
ACTION 1: PRIVATIZE AND RETURN NATIVE AMERICAN
RESERVATION LAND TO ITS CONSTITUENTS
WE PROPOSE A POPULAR VOTE AMONG ALL OFFICIALLY ENROLLED TRIBE MEMBERS IN ARIZONA TO PRIVATIZE ALL LAND AND DISTRIBUTE OWNERSHIP EVENLY ACCORDING TO FAIR MARKET VALUE TO ALL TRIBE MEMBERS ON DAY 1
THIS WILL ADD 20 MILLION ACRES OF PRIVATE LAND TO ARIZONA’S ECONOMY
HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
OF ECONOMIC VALUE ARE TIED UP IN SCOTTSDALE ALONE
WE ESTIMATE EACH ARIZONA TRIBE MEMBER STANDS TO GAIN ABOUT 65 ACRES
WITH WHICH THEY MAY DO AS THEY PLEASE
ACTION 2: PRIVATIZE 20 MILLION ACRES
OF NATIONAL FOREST, BLM AND STATE LAND
WE ESTIMATE THIS TO GENERATE ANYWHERE FROM 50 TO 150 BILLION DOLLARS OF FUNDS FOR ACTION 3 AND 4
ACTION 3: BUILD MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN NORTNERN ARIZONA
# OF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS IN TEXAS: 12
# OF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS IN CALIFORNIA: 9
# OF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS IN ARIZONA: 1
WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO BUILD AN ANTHILL IN THE PHOENIX-METRO AREA AND EXPECT QUALITY OF LIFE AND COST OF LIVING TO REMAIN TENABLE