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Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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Today the National Parks are fee free but only for this weekend. At one time, until the Republicans ruined them, they were always fee free. They should be made fee free again. People should not have to pay $25 to enter a national park or $12 to walk in a national park. These are our national treasures and they belong to ALL of us as Americans. They should be funded to adequate budget amounts by the Congress.
Yes all liberals and progressives please head to the parks today and feed the bears.
If congress creatures didn't spend our money on so many pet projects and give away programs, the parks would be better maintained and perhaps maintain a low to no admittance fee.
Maybe you'd rather have a class envy "let the rich pay your entrance fee" weekend?
Last edited by Frank DeForrest; 08-14-2010 at 10:53 AM..
How do you propose the parks be maintained? The fees are relatively small income to the appropriations of taxpayer funds granted to the NPS by Congress. Yet, many Parks are closed or have areas that are close/unsafe. You'd like to increase closures and maintenance by doing away with the fees? Or, are you just whining because it might affect YOUR WALLET (up close and personal) if you choose to go to an NP?
Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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Originally Posted by lifelongMOgal
How do you propose the parks be maintained? The fees are relatively small income to the appropriations of taxpayer funds granted to the NPS by Congress. Yet, many Parks are closed or have areas that are close/unsafe. You'd like to increase closures and maintenance by doing away with the fees? Or, are you just whining because it might affect YOUR WALLET (up close and personal) if you choose to go to an NP?
They should be FUNDED fully through the US Congress. Last time I went to one, I was not charged a FEE (Grand Canyon). It is not the $25 that bothers me but the Principle of the thing. People should not be charged to enjoy what is ours by birthright. Now, if you want to park an RV in a park, then I can understand a fee but not just to go in. I have never been charged by the NPS - Grand Canyon, Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, Martin Luther King home and center, the US Capitol. The NPS should be a HIGH priority for funding.
They should be FUNDED fully through the US Congress. Last time I went to one, I was not charged a FEE (Grand Canyon). It is not the $25 that bothers me but the Principle of the thing. People should not be charged to enjoy what is ours by birthright. Now, if you want to park an RV in a park, then I can understand a fee but not just to go in. I have never been charged by the NPS - Grand Canyon, Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, Martin Luther King home and center, the US Capitol. The NPS should be a HIGH priority for funding.
What specific social programs are you willing to cut taxpayer funds from so that American citizen taxpayers get a "get in free" card to US National Parks? Will you demand people show a birth certificate to prove that "birthright" to get in free?
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They should be free
