Originally Posted by crockett

Every dollar Congress invests in the National Park Service produces $10 in economic benefits nationally, which is one of many important reasons why it critical for Congress to better fund them.

Seriously every dollar spent on the NP's produced $10 for the economy..

Last year the national parks put $32billion into the economy and supported 300k jobs just at the parks not even including the money that goes into the local economies for lodging. gas, food ect..ect.