Parks Closed!
A few weeks ago we discussed the effects the the Government Shutdown has had on the US and one of the biggest ones was that all of the national parks were closed for 16 days. This really took a toll on some of the small states. Some stated, like Wyoming, make their state money from tourists that come to visit the parks. During the shutdown some states saw their economy declining because they were losing money because the parks were closed so their weren't any tourists.
Also all of people that worked in the parks got laid off for a couple weeks. It's. It an easy task to keep a park going so there were a lot of people not getting paid. The people that had plans to come visit these parks were also in for a surprise. All of the people that had reservations and tours booked didn't get to go and all of there money was wasted.
I get that the parks were closed because they are federal property but I think the government should have found a way to keep it open because many people got screwed over because of this shutdown.
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