In its 2026 fiscal year budget proposal released in May, the Interior Department estimated that such a surcharge would generate more than $90 million annually.
This is where I’m lost with the american system. The president decides on taxing tourists in parks? That’s a level of micro-management beyond my comprehension. It’s the kind of thing I would expect from a dictator to have the power to do.
What’s interesting, or frustrating, is that, on the flip side, American progressives had to endure years of Democrats telling them how things couldn’t be done because they didn’t have enough support for Republicans.
This is where I’m lost with the american system. The president decides on taxing tourists in parks? That’s a level of micro-management beyond my comprehension. It’s the kind of thing I would expect from a dictator to have the power to do.
What’s interesting, or frustrating, is that, on the flip side, American progressives had to endure years of Democrats telling them how things couldn’t be done because they didn’t have enough support for Republicans.
…and then Trump just does things.