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In NJ, the average property tax is $7,000/year, most of which is a school tax. So, we pay thousands every year into the public school system.

OTOH, we pay around $70/year for a library tax. I don’t know how much state funding our county libraries receive. Christie has to cut the state budget, and I’m glad I voted for him. He’s tough, but he’s cutting very little from the public schools and then hitting the only “government service” we use. That’s what has me taken aback.

However, as I said in my last post, I don’t know if his cuts will affect our libraries, anyway, because they’re county level.

So far, I haven’t come across much on the far left at our county libraries. There are books of all kinds, including books on the right. Our libraries also have programs for the kids to make gifts for veterans, collect donations for the troops, and so on.

I hear you loud and clear. I’ve always thought private libraries would be a good idea. Homeschoolers run lending libraries, for example, which would count as private libraries. Much more could be privately run, and many services could be privatized. But, I want the public schools to be hit hard first. We’re really overpaying for them. Without our libraries, the schools would be all that remain, and they’re definitely on the left. ;-)