• towerful
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    20 hours ago

    Strangely enough, I have nothing against tourist taxes.
    A couple bucks here and there to a tourist generally isn’t that much. And it’s commonly used by cities that have a lot of tourism and the cost of living is high in order to offset some.of that cost of living causes by high tourism.
    I doubt trumps administration will use it that way. they will sack all the park rangers, sell off the park assets that are valuable (lumber, mining, oil, whatever), charge tourists more for what’s left, and say “look how profitable these parks are” as if it’s a win. Leaving a devastated natural beauty behind.

    But generally, I’m on favour of a tourist tax