[Calculus_of_Consent]

I just took my kids camping at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. The park was beautiful, well maintained and patrolled regularly by rangers. The cost for camping and touring the caves was minimal. I would have been willing to pay twice as much.

Now the souvenirs my kids forced me to buy were outrageous.

[MarthaNOStewart]

Doesn't it make you wonder that if "ONE" park like Mammoth Cave can keep their park clean and neat on the "SAME" amount doled out to each park in their size category, that MANAGEMENT, OR MISMANAGEMENT may be the real issue and NOT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY. YES, WE ARE BEHIND in maintenance, but couldn't that be because of previous mismanagement making it a snowball effect now? I think we should pay a ONE-TIME TAX to clean up the NATIONAL PARKS and RESTORE them to pristine condition and FIRE Any Manager who doesn't manage properly after that, IMHO.