There are plenty of charitable private organizations. You're making the same type of argument the NPR/PBS defenders make, as well as Planned Parenthood. "We can't survive without government funding." Libraries are quickly becoming video rental stores and public bathrooms for the homeless. If they're such an asset at this point, let them find benefactors to support them. I like libraries. But I can't see why they can't find a way to survive on their own. You want to give them tax breaks? OK. But why should the community be supporting everything from top to bottom that fewer people are using anymore?
I do agree that many (most) things should be privately funded, and I don’t think public schools should be providing food, psychological and medical services, etc. But that is the system in place, for now, and I guess what I’m saying is that I would rather have my taxes stay local for those services and work to change things from there. I vote in every election, and some millage rates I vote yes, some I vote no. There’s a lot of room for reform, without shredding the safety net. Just my opinion.
There are plenty of charitable private organizations. You're making the same type of argument the NPR/PBS defenders make, as well as Planned Parenthood. "We can't survive without government funding." Libraries are quickly becoming video rental stores and public bathrooms for the homeless. If they're such an asset at this point, let them find benefactors to support them. I like libraries. But I can't see why they can't find a way to survive on their own. You want to give them tax breaks? OK. But why should the community be supporting everything from top to bottom that fewer people are using anymore?
I do agree that many (most) things should be privately funded, and I don’t think public schools should be providing food, psychological and medical services, etc. But that is the system in place, for now, and I guess what I’m saying is that I would rather have my taxes stay local for those services and work to change things from there. I vote in every election, and some millage rates I vote yes, some I vote no. There’s a lot of room for reform, without shredding the safety net. Just my opinion.