[anonsquared]

Libraries are a huge waste of tax dollars for 20th century technology.

My county spends $800,000 per year for a library for 5000 households.
Every home in the county could get Internet service for that amount.
Better yet, government should just get out of our wallets and we'll get our own Internet service!

[saquin]

My county spends $800,000 per year for a library for 5000 households.

That works out to $160 per year per household. Where can you get internet access for that amount (that's $13 a month)? As well as free access to thousands of books? $160 would buy you only 6 hardcover books a year. You can get a lot more than that at the library. It's the best bargain around.