Let Parks Operate Alone
Tulsa World
Letter to the Editor
4/7/2002
State parks absolutely should be privatized because the state should never
have been in the park and recreation business to begin with.
The purpose of government is to protect people from crimes of force and
fraud, not to provide affordable getaways for the family.
Think about it this way. Every dollar the state spends on parks is a
dollar taken under threat of force from you and your neighbors. Would you
hold a gun to your neighbor's head and demand that he pay for your park?
Of course not.
Let the market place handle this. People like parks, therefore the
market will provide parks by means of free exchange and free association,
not by means of forced taxation.
Will visiting parks be cheaper or more expensive? That's irrelevant.
That is like asking if you'll have enough money to take a vacation if you
decide to not forcibly take money from your neighbor. Rob Roberts,
Mounds
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