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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They're *public* libraries. They serve *the public*. [/quote]

[b]They [i]should[/i] be viewed as serving the "taxpayer", rather than the "public".[/b] Because the public doesn't fund libraries - taxpayers do. Without taxpayers you can still have a "public", but you won't have any libraries. Or any other community services, for that matter.

While the homeless are certainly members of the public, let's not delude ourselves that they are contributing to funding the library.

There should be a hierarchy of users of public services like libraries, with the needs of those who's taxes sustain libraries placed above the needs of those who contribute nothing and only [i]consume[/i] services. [/quote]

Nope. They're free public libraries, not fee-for-service public libraries. Should people who pay higher taxes also get first dibs on the reserve list?[/quote]

Yes, they should. They're contributing more, they should get something for that. [/quote]

Maybe you think they should get faster ambulance response time and cleaner public water, too. Any time you ask for municipal services, be ready with your property and income tax statements, so they can decide what level of service you should get.[/quote]

I'll go further than that and say that since workers like garbage collectors and janitors and health aides and daycare workers provide MUCH more essential services than this likely paper-pusher PP (and in fact, paper-pusher PP may actually negatively impact the collective good), these essential workers should be paid their TRUE value on the market, and PPP's taxes should go up accordingly until the true value of his work to society (likely 0) is reached.[/quote]

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