[at-l] Cost to Enter National Parks may go up...

[jbryankramer@xxxxxxx (J Bryan Kramer)]

He has the same choice that the driver does. I've yet to hear of a thru
hiker frog marched down the trail at gun point. Does a thru hiker enjoy the
park as he hikes thru it? Does he use the trail that is paid for by someone?
Does he use shelters that someone paid for?

But all in all I can't see them charging hikers, it would be cost
inefficient unless they slapped a charge on the whole AT. Then they could
require everyone to hang a bright colored pass on their pack or somesuch
that could be seen at a distance. But as someone else has pointed out it is
probably politically impossible for them to charge fees for GSM access. I
could see them doing a parking lot fee tho.

Bryan

"Si vis pacem para bellum"

> However,  it is a far different story with a thru hiker.  The thru hiker
> does not have any CHOICE in the matter.  He cannot go someplace else if
> he does not want to pay the fee.  He would be forced to it.  Being
> forced to pay any fee, without having any realistic alternative, is in
> itself unfair.  It would actually be more like a tax as opposed to an
> entry fee because unlike the motorist, the hiker would not have the
> choice to go somewhere else, without having to pay.  This is ironic when
> one considers all the new proposed tax cuts.  Do you see this as a tax
> or a fee???
>