So I just had a neat thought as to how the US could help solve several problems at once.

Something like 50% of land in the west is owned by the federal government. Look up a map of it, it's nuts.

Just sell the land.

1. Massive money immediately
2. Lots of land to build new homes or industrial plants or whatever, probably a baby boomers and an economic bump
3. Reduced overhead from having to deal with all that land

A new wild west.