I won’t provide much commentary on this, which would just be piling on.
On a near party-line vote, the House recently approved the purchase of an almost 3,000 acre beach in St. Croix from a private owner. You read that right. As Fox News reports:
Two weeks ago, on a near party line vote, a huge Democratic majority in the House agreed to spend $50 million to buy the former cotton plantation on the island of St. Croix.
Here’s a shot of the newest park (courtesy of Fox News):
Newest National Park
We’re running trillion dollar deficits at the federal level exactly for reasons like this. I don’t think most Americans would object to having national parks: it is reasonable to think that such a department might even serve a worthy purpose in preserving important American natural resources. As Fox reported, however, the National Park Service hadn’t even completed a study of the purchase.
