[JonDevin]

I guess my ultimate gripe is that money has to move from me to someone else to prove that it's ok for me to fish. It just sucks, and if it's necessary, then I'd like to move that money myself by donating directly to programs like SSFFF and others.

Imagine if everything worked that way. For example, let's say the government decided that there was not enough oil, so they put a limit on how much oil we could consume. But then let's say we beileved there was enough oil. So an organization pops up to prove to the government that there's enough oil. But they need funding, so they offer bus and trucking companies the ability to purchase additional oil and then use the proceeds to fund their program.

I dunno, it all just seems crazy.

But I do get that it is how it is, and that not enough people will pony up funds to support themselves, and the bottom line is we need to fund data.... because without the data, we don't have a solid argument.

Thanks CaptTB for your hard work and input.