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Originally Posted by hildea
Well, not quite like it. As I understand it, your library payment is like when I pay for Spotify or Netflix: It gives the people who pay access to the service.
But when I pay for libraries through taxes, I pay not just for myself, but for everyone to have access to the library, including poor people. This means the whole population gets better access to culture and education, and that makes for a better and more prosperous society for everyone, including me.
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American libraries work the same. Everyone has free access to their local library system. However, America is a large country and there are several local library systems rather than a single, nationwide one. If I in Texas want to join the Brooklyn Public Library system, they ask for a charge as I am not part of the tax base that funded their library system.