> if the states will pick up the slack to keep the parks open maybe so, but then states have to raise taxes to pay for it the fed gov gets to say "look at all

> if the states will pick up the slack to keep the parks open maybe so, but then states have to raise taxes to pay for it the fed gov gets to say "look at all the money we saved you"!! (actually they're putting the savings to border security, but anyway), but in the end taxpayers don't actually pay any less that's besides the fact that these are federal lands, not state lands; and that centralized management is generally more cost effective