The schools have librarys, and if you want internet access, buy a cheap netbook go to McDonalds. The homeschoolers can purchase books for their students just like I pay tuition to keep my kids out of the public school.
We homeschoolers do buy books for our children. The vast majority of homeschoolers, here in NJ, meet at churches and run their own lending libraries. Some of us do use the library, like anyone else, for research and/or as a meeting place, but it doesn't cost the taxpayers any additional money for us to meet there. We're like other people who meet at the library, borrow books, and do research.
The way I see it, here in NJ, we pay a fortune in property taxes for the public schools. We receive nothing in return, so I don't feel bad about using the library. We use it regularly. I'm sure we've more than covered our cost through taxes, books donated, books purchased through the Friends, and all the late fees we had to pay. ;-) That said, any overspending at the library should be cut. But, of all the gov't services, the libraries where we live have been invaluable. I think the libraries should handle everything - let's move the DMV and everything into them. ;-)
I understand your point, and my issue isn’t with homeschoolers, believe me.
Our kids go to private school and we still support the local schools (which stink) and the libraries with our taxes. The libraries are just going to have to learn to live within their means and until they stop favoring liberal trash and revised history, they can just shut their doors before they get a dime more from me, at least willingly.