[from occupied ga]

That's less than 1 cent per taxpayer. One penny. To be more precise, 0.75 cents per year.

Your assuption of equal costs is invalid. The top 1% of taxpayers pay 38% of the taxes the top 10% pay 68% of the taxes. SO if you're assuming 100,000,000 taxpayers then the top 1% pay $.28 cents, not $.0075 All of which is irrelevant anyway -

What is relevant is that people should be charged for the taxpayer provided services and by all means charge the hikers too. Mountain climbing is inherently risky, and if you want to do it, then accept the consequences including paying for an SAR efforts. You don't get free stamps at the post office, why get free government sponsored SAR activites (and if volunteers want to do this then more power to them).

[angkor]

"the top 1% pay $.28 cents, not $.0075 All of which is irrelevant anyway -"

OK, whatever.

I say completely remove climbing SAR efforts from the public domain.

Mountain rescue will still do what it's always done.

And then we won't hear the keening and moaning over 28 cents.

[EndWelfareToday]

That's less than 1 cent per taxpayer. One penny. To be more precise, 0.75 cents per year.

Ya know? I don't give a rat's rear if it's 1 millionth of a penny. It belongs to me and I don't wish to spend it supporting stupid behavior.

Just one more of the thousands of pet programs forced upon us by progressives that couldn't afford to do their idiotic BS without OUR MONEY!!!