Agnostic.com

6 7

LINK Private Companies Are Paying To Keep Roads Groomed, Bathrooms Cleaned In Yellowstone : NPR

Private companies step in where there is a void.

Our National Parks and Refuges need turned into private land trusts that will be funded by citizens and corporate sponsors so they would no longer be pillaged by politicians or used in a political game of chess.

SkotlandSkye 8 Jan 10
Share

Enjoy being online again!

Welcome to the community of good people who base their values on evidence and appreciate civil discourse - the social network you will enjoy.

Create your free account

6 comments

Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.

1

That was a good read. Just the other week on this site I had argued with a socialist over privatization, and he said privatizing doesn't work. The above is a classic example of why we could do with far less government involvement.

1

I posted the following on my Facebook page yesterday - about Pu'uhonua O Honaunau [City of Refuge on Hawai'i island (where I live)] -

"As of yesterday, Tuesday, Jan. 8 at 2:00 p.m., Honaunau was cleaner than it has ever been. Thanks to the (Mauna Kea Kia'i and others). I don't know all of those that participated, but yesterday, when we . . . arrived at 12:30, somebodies had beat us to the trash cans - and all we had to do was to put on the finishing touches. And . . . and buddies had cleaned up this past Saturday. For now, Honaunau is in good shape, better than when "Big Brother" was operating. Just de-occupy and go home. We can handle.

De-occupation? Yes. History reveals that the so-called "Annexation" of Hawai'i by the u.s. - by treaty - never happened - and Hawai'i has been "occupied" since 1893. There is an independence movement going on and making progress.

1

Just this morning I was reading about a Muslim youth group that was cleaning a federal park by where they live too.
We have a local group of volunteers caring for our national wildlife refuge.

0

Is it true that the HONORable senator Harry Reid had some kind of money interest in the disputed public land that created the Bundy standoff?

4

And, regional chapters of the Libertarian party, particularly in DC, are personally doing cleanup in that area.

[news2share.com]

Damn skippy they are.....practice what you preach.
I used my truck yesterday to haul off trash with a group of volunteers at our local National Wildlife Refuge. We emptied over 50 trash locations and we also restocked toilet paper into the restrooms around the park. We had over 400 rolls donated. 🙂

@SkotlandSkye Ya, don't see the Rs or Ds organizing anything like this. Shocker!

@IAMGROOT I'm sure people from all walks of life are volunteering their time and resources, I think they just aren't blowing their own horns about it.

3

This is good news but some campgrounds are just being closed because even with volunteers, bathroom toilets are at capacity. Oh and I will add, Trump is a fucking POS and his administration is a train wreck.

Putting all the public lands into non-profit Land Trusts would eliminate them being held hostage by ANY administration. Also, it would prevent politicians from selling them out to developers of any kind.

@SkotlandSkye
Interesting idea - there’s a rally for public land at the capital in Helena, MT tomorrow - I’ll be curious to see if that idea comes up.

Write Comment
You can include a link to this post in your posts and comments by including the text q:262687
Agnostic does not evaluate or guarantee the accuracy of any content. Read full disclaimer.