[nabs-l] Handicaped parking

[Linda Stover]

Jim,

Here's where I disagree.  Why would a disabled person necessarily
require a pass to utalize the park service?  In other words, does the
rationale still come down to the fact that we are too poor to pay the
required fee?  If it doesn't, I really would be interested in what the
rationale is for giving us free passes.  Why are we a minority they
want to recruit, even going to the expense/loss of revenue of offering
free passes?
Courtney

On 5/17/09, Jim Reed <jim275_2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> This will be my last post on this topic as you all have largely convinced my
> that using the perks under discussion are indeed bad for the blind
> community. However, I do have one final argument to make on this subject,
> and it relates back to the free national park pass for disabled persons.
>
> First, I would like to clarify something, the goal of the free national park
> pass is not to pay for disabled persons to enter our national parks simply
> because they are disabled, thus inherently poor and unable to pay their own
> way. The goal of the free national park pass is to encourage disabled
> persons to utilize our national parks. Viewed in this light, a free national
> park pass is no different from one of Joe Orozo's grants. Joe's company
> manages grants that encourage (and fund) specific behaviors, and via a free
> national park pass, the federal government is doing exactly the same thing.
>
> Thoughts?
> Jim
>
> Homer Simpson's brain: "Use reverse psychology."
>  Homer: "Oh, that sounds too complicated."
>  Homer's brain: "Okay, don't use reverse psychology."
>  Homer: "Okay, I will!"
>
>
>
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