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originally posted by: Krazysh0t
Got any evidence to assure me that EVERY library and museum will stay open without this funding? Your words mean nothing to me.
originally posted by: ThirdEyeofHorus
Right! I say let the ones who want funding reach into their own pockets.... right after the Fed reached into them to pay the interest on the trillion dollar government debt.....
originally posted by: LesMisanthrope
Only in a mind dependent on the government does defunding equal an attack. There is nothing stopping anyone from funding libraries themselves.
originally posted by: TinySickTears
originally posted by: ThirdEyeofHorus
Right! I say let the ones who want funding reach into their own pockets.... right after the Fed reached into them to pay the interest on the trillion dollar government debt.....
originally posted by: LesMisanthrope
Only in a mind dependent on the government does defunding equal an attack. There is nothing stopping anyone from funding libraries themselves.
there is all sorts of # that is funded with my tax dollars that i do not agree with.....too bad we cant all pick and choose what we fund huh
i cant believe so many people are either for this or dont care one way or the other.
museums and libraries man.....i dont get how keeping them around is a bad thing
originally posted by: TinySickTears
originally posted by: ThirdEyeofHorus
Right! I say let the ones who want funding reach into their own pockets.... right after the Fed reached into them to pay the interest on the trillion dollar government debt.....
originally posted by: LesMisanthrope
Only in a mind dependent on the government does defunding equal an attack. There is nothing stopping anyone from funding libraries themselves.
there is all sorts of # that is funded with my tax dollars that i do not agree with.....too bad we cant all pick and choose what we fund huh
i cant believe so many people are either for this or dont care one way or the other.
museums and libraries man.....i dont get how keeping them around is a bad thing
originally posted by: network dude
originally posted by: TinySickTears
originally posted by: ThirdEyeofHorus
Right! I say let the ones who want funding reach into their own pockets.... right after the Fed reached into them to pay the interest on the trillion dollar government debt.....
originally posted by: LesMisanthrope
Only in a mind dependent on the government does defunding equal an attack. There is nothing stopping anyone from funding libraries themselves.
there is all sorts of # that is funded with my tax dollars that i do not agree with.....too bad we cant all pick and choose what we fund huh
i cant believe so many people are either for this or dont care one way or the other.
museums and libraries man.....i dont get how keeping them around is a bad thing
It's a shame you can't grasp this. Nobody is taking them away, the GOVERNMENT is reducing it's funding for these things. Which means,they will have to increase their public fund raising efforts in order to stay around.
originally posted by: Deaf Alien
a reply to: network dude
Quit saying that we can't grasp it. We understand your point completely. What we are worried about is a few libraries and museums disappearing. Nobody has ever proved that that won't happen here.
originally posted by: Deaf Alien
a reply to: network dude
Quit saying that we can't grasp it. We understand your point completely. What we are worried about is a few libraries and museums disappearing. Nobody has ever proved that that won't happen here.
originally posted by: TinySickTears
let a #ing statue get moved or taken down and the # hits the fan...erasing history...libtards...the usual
reduce funding and 'potentially' lose libraries and museums....meh....who needs em
what a joke
who needs to read a book or books on a historical subject or figure when you can just read the wikipedia article on it
originally posted by: network dude
originally posted by: Deaf Alien
a reply to: network dude
Quit saying that we can't grasp it. We understand your point completely. What we are worried about is a few libraries and museums disappearing. Nobody has ever proved that that won't happen here.
So you want more and bigger government? That's what the big picture is. By cutting funding on some things that should be funded privately, the government is reducing it's needs, thus reducing it's size. I'm all for that. If people will give money to a stranger on Go-fund-me for a canoe trip, it's also likely those same folks would help fund a public entity like the Library. It's a shame you don't investigate that before you get angry about what might happen.
And if a few libraries cannot get enough funding from the local community, then it's easy to see there just isn't a desire for such things. Again, personal responsibility.
originally posted by: JohnnyCanuck
originally posted by: network dude
originally posted by: Deaf Alien
a reply to: network dude
Quit saying that we can't grasp it. We understand your point completely. What we are worried about is a few libraries and museums disappearing. Nobody has ever proved that that won't happen here.
So you want more and bigger government? That's what the big picture is. By cutting funding on some things that should be funded privately, the government is reducing it's needs, thus reducing it's size. I'm all for that. If people will give money to a stranger on Go-fund-me for a canoe trip, it's also likely those same folks would help fund a public entity like the Library. It's a shame you don't investigate that before you get angry about what might happen.
And if a few libraries cannot get enough funding from the local community, then it's easy to see there just isn't a desire for such things. Again, personal responsibility.
You know that you are advocating for the dumbing-down of America. It's alarming to see you do so in such a blithe manner but it really explains much. Those who are indifferent to education and culture assume everybody else should be too.
originally posted by: Deaf Alien
a reply to: network dude
Quit saying that we can't grasp it. We understand your point completely. What we are worried about is a few libraries and museums disappearing. Nobody has ever proved that that won't happen here.
originally posted by: network dude
originally posted by: JohnnyCanuck
originally posted by: network dude
originally posted by: Deaf Alien
a reply to: network dude
Quit saying that we can't grasp it. We understand your point completely. What we are worried about is a few libraries and museums disappearing. Nobody has ever proved that that won't happen here.
So you want more and bigger government? That's what the big picture is. By cutting funding on some things that should be funded privately, the government is reducing it's needs, thus reducing it's size. I'm all for that. If people will give money to a stranger on Go-fund-me for a canoe trip, it's also likely those same folks would help fund a public entity like the Library. It's a shame you don't investigate that before you get angry about what might happen.
And if a few libraries cannot get enough funding from the local community, then it's easy to see there just isn't a desire for such things. Again, personal responsibility.
You know that you are advocating for the dumbing-down of America. It's alarming to see you do so in such a blithe manner but it really explains much. Those who are indifferent to education and culture assume everybody else should be too.
seriously? By advocating for less government and more local funding for local entities, I am "dumbing-down America"?
that was an ignorant comment even from you.