What particularly offends me about these is that if I already paid for my 2 stamps for the year but wanted to take my wife on a picnic into a state park, we'd have to buy one for her too.
Hunters/anglers cover the brunt of these fees and while everyone enjoying the use of state parks, wildlife areas, etc. are SUPPOSED to have one, most hikers, mtn bikers, etc. DON'T ever buy one yet reap the supposed benefits afforded by these stamps. This is on top of the entry/use fees. When my wife and I camped at the Cheyenne Mtn State Park (CMSP) last summer, we were never asked if we had these stamps, but had I wanted to do any sort of hunting/fishing (okay, they have nothing like that available @ CMSP, but you get the idea), they would have insisted I have the stamp(s). This place is loaded with day hikers and mtn bikers.
These stamps are nothing more than another TAX on hunters/anglers.
This increase in the cost of the lifetime stamp makes me wonder if the cost of the annual stamps will also be increasing. My guess is they will end up rising to $7.00 or $7.50/ea.
At the current rate I'm paying of $10/yr, it would take me 30 years to break even for paying the new lifetime rate (20 years for the existing rate). I think I'll just stick with my annual stamps.
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