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Re: [pct-l] PCT and politics
But what about private corporations making a PROFIT from wilderness that is
NOT put back into the wilderness. Do we just stand back and have the
attitude
that "Hey everyone has a right to earn a dollar". The miners will be right
behind saying we want to make some money too ,then the loggers and so on and
so on . The bottom line in the commercialzation of our public lands is going
to be maximizing profit and minimizing expenses, just like any other
business. Once the commercialization genie is out of the bottle there will
be
no going back.And I already pay my share through entrance fees and income
tax. Anyone has the CHOICE of using the trails in our wildernesses
maintained
through public funds. Thank God most people CHOOSE not to exercise that
option, but nothing but quotas are keeping them out. There is another option
for us if we can't agree on who should be and who are paying for trail
maintenance. Just let the trails go, get rid of the backcountry rangers and
other overhead associated with backcountry use and let the cross country
backpackers have at it after they have paid their income taxes and entrance
fees. That option is fine by me.
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To: "'JoAnn M. Michael'" <jomike@snowcrest.net>, PCT list PCT List <pct-l@edina.hack.net>