Congress blows 50$ mil on a park in St. Croix

The purpose here is unclear; probably they want to vacation there. Free. For them. Not the taxpayers. Which isn't them, because they seem to avoid paying taxes too. 

"We don't have the money to do this," said Rep Jason Chaffetz, (R - Utah). "Currently the National Park Service has an estimated $9 billion in backlog maintenance on existing parks. Why should the people of Iowa, Rhode Island or California or Utah have to continue to pay and supplement the people there on St Croix for this property?"