R.I.P. your vacation plans to US National Parks

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I just really don’t think the national parks closing is the biggest problem we have right now.

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Anonymous wrote:I just really don’t think the national parks closing is the biggest problem we have right now.

I agree. I mean it stinks for the park employees but it’s kind of crazy that people are stressing about this of all things.

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Anonymous wrote:National parks are poor people vacations anyways.

This is the most ignorant comment I’ve read today.

Yes, very stupid. And when Dumpty policies bring back Covid and sidekick RFK Jr. brings on bird flu...and God knows what else..borders will close again ... and Ms. Poor Mocker here will wish she could go to such a park.

NP. She’ll just post something on FB about Sleepy Joe and then drink a cup of bleach, it’s fine

Funny. I needed that.

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Anonymous wrote:I just really don’t think the national parks closing is the biggest problem we have right now.

It a very visible symptom of other issues. Our tax dollars pay for the national parks and access for all Americans. It's one of the most American things, free or nearly free access to nature's splendor. Those workers are also parts of small communities where park access and tourism drives those economies still be a big hit there too.

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Anonymous wrote:I just really don’t think the national parks closing is the biggest problem we have right now.

I agree. I mean it stinks for the park employees but it’s kind of crazy that people are stressing about this of all things.

Well, believe it or not some of us can carry more than one thought in our heads. I'm quite aware that this is not the most important issue, but I believe it is helpful to make the daily human impacts of this assault on government visible to people in all the ways it can be made visible.

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Anonymous wrote:I just really don’t think the national parks closing is the biggest problem we have right now.

It a very visible symptom of other issues. Our tax dollars pay for the national parks and access for all Americans. It's one of the most American things, free or nearly free access to nature's splendor. Those workers are also parts of small communities where park access and tourism drives those economies still be a big hit there too.

+1.

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Anonymous wrote:National parks are poor people vacations anyways.

Tell that to the millions of people who come from across the world to see them.

Have you been to Yellowstone lately? You can barely move for all of the Chinese people. I doubt they are poor.

Two years ago we took the Shuttle in Zion to and from The Narrows. Both times we were the only non-French on the shuttles. They were incredibly rude and the BO. 🫤

Sure, cool story, bro

[Anonymous]

May not be the most pressing prob but it's def part of the prob. National parks is about earth - nature - we should value and be ever grateful for what we have. I say this as a city girl.

The fact it's going to be disgusting and without proper care and maintenance is beyond sad. We should all have some pride in how beautiful our natural scenery is. The fact that it's gonna be a mess at best and pretty much disgusting at worst - there's gonna be hell to pay on some level.

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Anonymous wrote:I just really don’t think the national parks closing is the biggest problem we have right now.

This might be a straw that breaks the camel’s back because it ruins regular people’s vacations and increases the federal budget deficit, by reducing park revenue. It’s just plain idiotic.

[Anonymous]

Six Flags Yellowstone National Park

That’s where we’re headed, folks. Even as a shareholder I can’t get behind that.

[Anonymous]

Visit the state parks of blue states while this all plays out. Colorado has breathtaking ones.

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Anonymous wrote:Six Flags Yellowstone National Park

That’s where we’re headed, folks. Even as a shareholder I can’t get behind that.

lol tell me you’ve never been to Yellowstone without telling me you’ve never been to Yellowstone.

If you think they can build a theme park on that land with all of its geothermal activity, lol.

The land has no other uses than to BE a national park.

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Anonymous wrote:This breaks my heart.

You'd think our national parks are the one thing Americans could agree on funding.

Funny enough its the one thing both sides have always agreed to underfund.

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Anonymous wrote:They are a major draw for international tourists so we are turning away a ton of money. Also lots of Americans who would have vacationed at home in US will say f— it and go to someplace else.

The US will NOT be a place where international tourists will want to visit for the next 4 years.

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Anonymous wrote:Six Flags Yellowstone National Park

That’s where we’re headed, folks. Even as a shareholder I can’t get behind that.

lol tell me you’ve never been to Yellowstone without telling me you’ve never been to Yellowstone.

If you think they can build a theme park on that land with all of its geothermal activity, lol.

The land has no other uses than to BE a national park.

NPS has long outsourced things like maintenance and construction. Given that Musk wants to take Congress and Federal employees out of the equation and use AI and number crunching 19 year olds, there's no limit to how shitty this could get.