No more slides and no more swings , no monkey bars , or merry go rounds or teeter tooters .
Is the government running out of money for these things and his it contributed to fat kids everywhere .
2007-07-13 05:01:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Because republicans are sick and tired of subsidizing your socialized children's playgrounds.
Ugh.
2007-07-13 05:05:54 · answer #1 · answered by Incognito 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well to start with, have you ever priced the cost of playground equipment lately. It's tens of thousands of dollars.
The city parks in my town are still full of fun equipment for kids as are the city schools, which keep their playgrounds open year round.
I believe the equipment is disappearing from federal parks just because it cost too much.
2007-07-13 05:09:45 · answer #2 · answered by Perplexed Bob 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some playground equipment was poorly engineered and caused injuries. Localities lack funds to buy new equipment and maintain it. This is not a priority because the philosophy of less government has meant fewer public services which benefit ordinary people.
mymadsky - Parents didn't get millions for skinned knees, maybe for permanant brain injuries to their children, but not for scrapes. The law doesn't work like that.
2007-07-13 05:09:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-10 10:59:41 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry. Where I live we have playground equipment. Video games, fast food are contributing factors. Overly busy lifestyles. When I was raising my children we had dinner with each other almost every evening. We walked, rock climbed, went swimming and biking together.
2007-07-13 05:06:28 · answer #5 · answered by gone 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
So that there would be fewer paralized, head injured, and crippled children.
Those play objects have been removed and replaced by climbing structures with safety features.
And I disagree. It's not the play equipment. Kids have less playtime because of the greater availability of in-home entertainment and the decreased number of hours spent at home by families.
Also neighborhoods are built to keep cars moving freely, not people moving freely.
2007-07-13 05:11:34 · answer #6 · answered by oohhbother 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It is excessive lawsuits. My ex father-in-law was the COO of one of the country's largest playground equipment manufacturers. Parents were getting millions of dollars for skinned knees, pinched fingers and other minor injuries. The cost of insuring a public playground is cost inhibiting.
2007-07-13 05:06:36 · answer #7 · answered by mymadsky 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Where do you live? There's still plenty of equipment in the parks around here.
2007-07-13 05:05:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
poor people are tearing it down and collecting money from the scrap metal to pay for the rising gas prices.
2007-07-13 05:05:43 · answer #9 · answered by alex l 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Wrong forum.
2007-07-13 05:04:26 · answer #10 · answered by vinny_says_relax 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋