> trying to keep out the riffraff via fees they can't afford
The reservation system is exactly how the riff raff are able to use the park. You think poor people are going to spend a weekend or even a full week driving to a national park when they're not guaranteed a place to sleep or even the ability to enter the park? This system is much, much better for first time park goers. As more people experience the parks the reservation system becomes even more important to ensure they stay "wild".
> The federal Gov is more than capable of hiring a couple engineers and creating a reservations website
Empiricism says this is false. The government has created 0 good websites, let alone reservation websites, and plenty of bad ones.
The reservation system is exactly how the riff raff are able to use the park. You think poor people are going to spend a weekend or even a full week driving to a national park when they're not guaranteed a place to sleep or even the ability to enter the park? This system is much, much better for first time park goers. As more people experience the parks the reservation system becomes even more important to ensure they stay "wild".
> The federal Gov is more than capable of hiring a couple engineers and creating a reservations website
Empiricism says this is false. The government has created 0 good websites, let alone reservation websites, and plenty of bad ones.