There are private libraries.
I know. There should be more of them. There should be no tax funded libraries.
Many of the problems in our country would dry up and wither away if our tax money were not keeping them alive. If gov spending, both fedgov and state, were reduced by about 50% (a good start), there would be some cold turkey thrashing for a while, but the outcome would be amazingly beneficial.
In fact, it can't continue like this.