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Originally Posted by emellaich
However, I'm not convinced that libraries should be using tax money to provide free goods (books, songs, videos, paintings, ...) to those people who can afford them on their own.
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Like the poor, we will also never be rid of the cheapskates. Why not help reduce ignorance among the latter along with the former? It doesn't really add much to the cost.
Besides, libraries have a strong symbolic value as well as a practical one. Limiting access to them will erode much of the good that they represent, and will probably leave them vulnerable to further restrictions. I trust librarians to know how best to serve the public; let's leave it up to them.