[nabs-l] handicaped parking

[William ODonnell]

I think the Nabbs list could be used for more productive topics related to students, colleges and univercities, legal issues with higher education; not, issues concerning parks, passes, and "freebees."  I understand each one of us look for outlets and spaces to vent; however, we can maybe set up a special list for issues with dailly discussions with special topics in a "random" list.  It could be in-titled: random thoughts/discussions at nfbnet.org or something elce.

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--- On Mon, 5/18/09, Jim Reed <jim275_2 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Jim Reed <jim275_2 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [nabs-l] handicaped parking
> To: "NABS mail list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 1:50 PM
> Courtney,
> 
> How many people on this list have ever been to a national
> park? How many go on a regular basis? When was the last time
> you went to a national park?
> 
> The answer to those questions is why the NPS provides a
> free disability pass. As I said yeasterday, the purpose of
> the NPS pass is to encoueage disabled persons to use the
> parks. Think about it, if a disabled person has enough money
> to go on vacation to visit a national park, clearly they
> have the ability to afford a $25 park entrance fee.
> Therefore, what would be the point of providing a pass if it
> was not for the purposes of encouraging disabled persons to
> use the national parks?
> 
> Or, think of it in another context. Consider the First-time
> home buyer's tax credit. Are first time home buyers so broke
> that the governemt must target them for a tax break, or is
> the purpose of the first time home buyer's tax credit to
> incourage first time home buyers to buy that first home?
> 
> Jim
> 
> Jim
> 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
> 
> 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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