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Originally Posted by emilikins
Libraries do not kick people out of their homes, and generally get a very small slice of the tax pie. Our city, which is a major metro area, the average property tax payer only has $75-$150 of their property tax going to the library - and we're not a low tax city.
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Just because it's a small slice of the pie doesn't mean it isn't there.
The question is: what social services are we as a society willing to evict people over? The library may be pretty far down on the list, but it's still there.
There's also a reason why it's far down on the list. The vast majority of people will say that yes, it's okay to toss someone out of their house to make sure the fire department, cops, and hospitals stay open. By the time you get to schools, probably about half of the respondents no longer think it's a good idea. My guess is by the time you get to libraries and parks, very few people think it's a worth while trade-off.