states and national parks

10/20/2013

Unit 2

www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=130&sid=27191074&title=feds-will-let-states-pay-to-reopen-national-parks

I am really glad, that during the shutdown, the federal government decided to allow the national parks to open.Governor Herbert estimated that during the over a week that the national parks shutting had impacted the economy by 100 million dollars. The government waited that long to allow states to pay to reopen the national parks within their borders, and for what reason? The article pointed out that they were just playing a political game, and i don't know about all of you, but that just makes me angry. They are costing our economy money, and wasting money that might have been put to good use. The government shutdown caused a lot of problems, and this was one of them. I was very happy that Utah decided to pay to have the National Parks in our state reopened. We have five national parks in our state, and many people in our state depend on visitors to our national parks to support themselves. The article mentioned that it was estimated that 76 million dollars in tourist revenue was lost during the time the parks were shutdown.

Basically, I get tired of all the political games people play, instead of doing what is best for the american people....