Proposed ramping up of national park fees

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Anonymous wrote:First, ramp up fees to visit
Then fewer people can afford to visit
Then propose shrinking the parks because there are fewer visitors

I think if they need revenue they could increase fees for hunting or fishing

Do you honestly think $50 more is going to deter people from visiting? The parks they are proposing increasing fees at are the most visited ones.. Most people visiting go as part of a big trip. $50 is not going to break a vacation budget.

Annual park pass will still only be $80 so I can see people buying that if the go to national parks more than once a year.

If we're selling out our national parks for their natural resources we should reap the benefits of that by getting free entrance paid for by corporations that are making money off our lands.

The United States is a capitalist country, not a socialist country. Sorry you are poor, but you should have studied and worked harder.

You would be the first to complain if the Smithsonian or the Lincoln Memorial started charging money at the door.

No I wouldn't complain about paying at either place, even though the Lincoln Memorial doesn't have an actual door.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First, ramp up fees to visit
Then fewer people can afford to visit
Then propose shrinking the parks because there are fewer visitors

I think if they need revenue they could increase fees for hunting or fishing

Do you honestly think $50 more is going to deter people from visiting? The parks they are proposing increasing fees at are the most visited ones.. Most people visiting go as part of a big trip. $50 is not going to break a vacation budget.

Annual park pass will still only be $80 so I can see people buying that if the go to national parks more than once a year.

If we're selling out our national parks for their natural resources we should reap the benefits of that by getting free entrance paid for by corporations that are making money off our lands.

The United States is a capitalist country, not a socialist country. Sorry you are poor, but you should have studied and worked harder.

So why dont we all pay a tuition fee when we send our kids to public school? I mean, we pay taxes which cover schools and national parks... but tuition for public schools sounds reasonable as we are capitalists!

Most public schools are paid for at the local level, primarily through real property taxes. Providing education is a public good

Maintaining the same fee for a national park primarily affects federal taxes. If the federal government thought that national parks had the same level of public good as schools, they would not have charged the initial user fee. It is not as important to provide access to national parks at an unchanging fee as it is to provide public education.