What, you think I've never been to a national park?
The fact that you repeatedly confuse a California state park with a national park isn't filling me with confidence.
Our taxes went for those lands and still do.
Not enough to operate them.
$2.5 billion total for all operations nationwide, of that $305 million comes from visitor fees. That works out to about $29 for every acre of national park land per year. That's not even enough money to pay for one trash pickup.
You think that $20 sucks? It should be $140 to fund NPS entirely from visitor fees.
No. Since the land basically belongs to the people, it's unethical to charge the owners to just walk on their own land. The only thing that should be charged for is to use camping facilities. Just driving in and walking around should be free. In our California state park you do only pay a fee for driving in but then they don't maintain the parking and picnic area any longer so it looks like it's been abandoned. I simply park outside and walk in without paying the fee. As for roadways, fuel tax should be used for that.
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