So there's always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common - and what can be exploited for a private interest.

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.

You're talking serious money already in the bank, and millions of dollars coming in every year.

A good portion of the airport is on ceded lands, and lease money was paid for that. So the state's collecting lease money because all of a sudden 'worthless' land now has an airport on it.

God, I'd love to do a big commercial movie that made a lot of money and whose plot was interesting too.

Checks aren't money.

The biggest - one of the biggest barriers to driving economic growth is the capital gains tax rate. I propose taking it to zero.

I have a fantastic relationship with money. I use it to buy my freedom.