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"Save Our Parks! How to Keep National Parks Open During a Government Shutdown" by @LearnLiberty► Get Learn Liberty updates in your inbox!http://LearnLiberty.org/subscribeAs part of the government shutdown that started October 1, the National Parks Service has closed all U.S. national parks and monuments. Would-be visitors will be denied entry to Yosemite and Yellowstone and acres and acres of national park lands until the government resumes business. But economics professor Holly Fretwell says this could have been avoided. If private companies managed the parks' maintenance, campgrounds, trails, and infrastructure instead, our national parks could be a source of revenue for the government instead of an expense. A company could lease the right to manage a park under very strict parameters established to ensure admission fees stayed low and that the parks would be kept in pristine conditions. Many Forest Service campgrounds are already managed by private companies, and campers generally aren't able to tell a difference. A different structure for our treasured public lands could have kept Yellowstone open during the shutdown.*Federal agents, due to the recent government shutdown, are forcing privately owned and managed parks to be shut down. However, these private parks are not funded or owned by the federal government. There is little to no reason the government should be shutting down these private parks, and any shut down of these parks is simply a political maneuver rather than a necessity. If you like this video, take time and read this letter from Warren Meyer, the founder and president of Recreation Resources Management, to the White House urging the federal government from closing privately funded and privately operated parks and speak out! http://bit.ly/GJrVPn► Like us on Facebook! http://facebook.com/LearnLiberty► Follow us on Twitter! http://twitter.com/LearnLiberty► Follow us again on Google+! http://bit.ly/18KXnWY► Watch more videos: http://LearnLiberty.org
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