Comment Re:Libraries aren't free (Score 1) 397
"If the budget is low, the taxes can be increased."
You've never tried to get funding for a library, I can see. Along with the rest of the educational system in the US, libraries really get pushed aside in order to fund other things. The reason that libraries don't have a lot of money is the same reason that schools in our inner cities are so hellish. People aren't concerned with education and free books. Perhaps they assume that anyone can afford to buy their books from Barnes and Noble, I don't know. But trying to get extra funding for a library is like pulling teeth.
Recently, they opened a new branch of the local library on the west, and "posher", side of town. Because the budget was so small, there was only enough money to build the thing, and no money at all for the collection. They had a nice pretty buliding, but had to rely on the public to raise funds to actually put books in it. Sad.
You've never tried to get funding for a library, I can see. Along with the rest of the educational system in the US, libraries really get pushed aside in order to fund other things. The reason that libraries don't have a lot of money is the same reason that schools in our inner cities are so hellish. People aren't concerned with education and free books. Perhaps they assume that anyone can afford to buy their books from Barnes and Noble, I don't know. But trying to get extra funding for a library is like pulling teeth.
Recently, they opened a new branch of the local library on the west, and "posher", side of town. Because the budget was so small, there was only enough money to build the thing, and no money at all for the collection. They had a nice pretty buliding, but had to rely on the public to raise funds to actually put books in it. Sad.
