pnichols wrote:

With computers and their automated data-bases, two or three Federal employees, part-time, in a Federal office that already has them doing other tasks ... could keep up with having permits automatically sent out by computer each year and the income from the permits automatically sent out to each state at the end of each year. It's not rocket science to implement and administer.

P.S. How about a lifetime fishing permit for the "elderly" for all 50 states - even less admin work for a few Federal office employees!

coolbreeze01 wrote:

Criminals don't need a license to do crime, but good people are required to buy a license or permit to do most anything......

Jim Shoe wrote:


So be a criminal and fish without a license. If you get caught, just tell 'em you're old and didn't realize you were fishing.

bigdogger wrote:

Instead of offering it to retired seniors offer it to people who are under 65 and are already paying for retirees' medicare, medicade, social security, underfunded pensions etc. Using net worth as a guideline as to how much someone should pay it should be noted that those over 65 have the highest net worth of any age group. In the interest of fairness, perhaps their licenses should cost more than anyone else's. The fact is, for every benefit or discount someone receives, someone else has to pay for it. Lunch isn't free.