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Phillly Public Libraries close down
14th September 2009
Normally, I’m pretty libertarian in my outlook but there are a couple of areas where I think government intervention is a pretty good idea. One of them happens to be public libraries. So it was with some concern that I read that the Free Library of Philadelphia will close on October 2nd. It’s exactly the sort of brinksmanship politicians play when they want to raise taxes in the face of public opposition. Tennessee legislators did it a few years ago when voters disapproved of a bond referendum or something. So they stopped funding school transportation. It’s one of those times you wish that people would grab their guns and descend on the state capitol for a good ole revolution.
That may be what’s going on here. Or, if Philadelphia or PA is in such bad economic shape that they really can’t afford to keep the libraries open, I hope the voters of Pennsylvania remember over the course of the next several elections who put them in this situation.
Mostly it reminds me of why politicians can’t be trusted.
[Free Library of Philadelphia via Boing Boing]
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