Originally Posted by
dtknowles
Your post made a lot of different thoughts run thru my mind. Don't take any of this as me putting words in your mouth.
The town libraries funding is listed right on my property tax bill. I wonder how many property owners resent paying for our libraries?
I like the Library and use it. I bet a lot are like you and don't.
Libraries are like schools, they are sort of Socialist. We all pay in to make sure that those who couldn't pay for books or teachers or internet still have access to those things. I know that if there were no public schools my parents would have sent me to private school, if I couldn't check books out of the library I would buy more books. I have had internet since I have know about it being available, had a dedicated line for dial up. I must be a liberal because I think we should have public schools and libraries. Would have could have and did send my kid to private school for a while.
I have used Library Internet a few time in my life. First time was Katrina, I did not have a lap top and we evacuated to Little Rock. Used the Library to post to Facebook, check E-mail, find things to do until we could get home, made travel arrangement to send my wife to stay with the daughter in Boston. Second time was right after I got laid-off, I took a two month vacation trip out west, still did not own a lap top so I would use library computers some times but I did have a cell phone that I could use to check e-mail and post pictures to facebook but not a lot else. The facebook interface as clunky.
Anyway I am getting off the point. We provide for a Common Defense and National Infrastructure paying for Public Schools and Libraries seems reasonable but it is a sort of liberal concept.
Tim