HappyLittleRadishes t1_je9jkrn wrote on March 30, 2023 at 12:20 PM

Reply to comment by DancingConstellation in I read an article about Missouri’s House cutting funding to their libraries and it made me really sad. by poopmaester41

> no cost options

Wow, if only we had a place where people could go to borrow books for no cost

DancingConstellation t1_je9jy5g wrote on March 30, 2023 at 12:23 PM

Unfortunately there is cost and even worse that cost is forced rather than paid voluntarily.

HappyLittleRadishes t1_je9kdv2 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 12:27 PM

You aren't forced. You are free to leave the country at any time.

You are trying to fix a problem that doesn't exist. Libraries are a good thing, and the only people that think otherwise are people that don't like an educated populace, or people that don't like people getting for free something that they could be making money off of.

Stop trying to privatize everything.

DancingConstellation t1_je9kxm0 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 12:32 PM

You absolutely are forced.

“Libraries are a good thing.”

I agree. Why are you arguing a straw man?

HappyLittleRadishes t1_je9ljgm wrote on March 30, 2023 at 12:38 PM

You aren't forced to pay taxes any more than you are forced to pay rent.

If you don't want to pay then, don't live there.

You are arguing for the effective abolishment of libraries. You are arguing to force people to pay for something they don't have to pay for already.

All you libertarians are housecats.

DancingConstellation t1_je9o9ra wrote on March 30, 2023 at 1:00 PM

Of course you’re forced to pay taxes. Nothing about taxation is voluntary. I’m obviously not arguing for the abolishment of libraries. You aren’t paying attention.