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What does /out/ think of National Parks?
>"Red tape" has been escalating in all state and national parks, and even in national forest. The modern ranger is a desk bureaucrat whose full-time job is to issue "wilderness permits", if not a Nazi-style police officer paid to treat hikers like terrorists. Contrary to what you read in the papers, all these agencies (state parks, national parks and national forests) have a virtually infinite amount of money, and they can afford to hire a virtually infinite number of "rangers" to enforce a virtually infinite number of rules. The "wilderness" is rapidly being transformed into a concentration camp. If you care for the wilderness, write to your representative and/or senator demanding a cut in the budget of these agencies. These are the only budgets that keep growing regardless of how the economy does, and they were already way too big 20 years ago. Ask that the money be spent to build much needed public transportation to the parks, and to remove all fees from national parks and forests (that are, after all, paid with your tax money). Finally, ask that unelected officials not be allowed to institute rules and regulations that will affect millions of hikers.
>"Red tape" has been escalating in all state and national parks, and even in national forest. The modern ranger is a desk bureaucrat whose full-time job is to issue "wilderness permits", if not a Nazi-style police officer paid to treat hikers like terrorists. Contrary to what you read in the papers, all these agencies (state parks, national parks and national forests) have a virtually infinite amount of money, and they can afford to hire a virtually infinite number of "rangers" to enforce a virtually infinite number of rules. The "wilderness" is rapidly being transformed into a concentration camp. If you care for the wilderness, write to your representative and/or senator demanding a cut in the budget of these agencies. These are the only budgets that keep growing regardless of how the economy does, and they were already way too big 20 years ago. Ask that the money be spent to build much needed public transportation to the parks, and to remove all fees from national parks and forests (that are, after all, paid with your tax money). Finally, ask that unelected officials not be allowed to institute rules and regulations that will affect millions of hikers.
