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Originally posted by jaguar
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I can understand how you became attached to the passion of Friedman in particular but that's no excuse for expousing economic theory from the 70s, let's keep retro to flares thanks.
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JAAGUAR! JAAGUAR! JAAGUAR! (Cheering loudly and jumping to her feet with arms over head, applauding wildly)
Thank you for the expert rebuttal of Libertarian economic so-called thought.
And to the poster who pointed out the way in which the postal service actually works these days, its not a minor point. If one is going to debate an issue, one better get the facts straight from the outset in order to make rational statements and conclusions.
I would also like to note that Radar is dead wrong about the funding of your local public library. As a former professional librarian I can state for a fact that public libraries are funded almost exclusively by the communities they serve. The amount they get from the Federal government is negligible. When a public library feels the need to increase the size of its collection or build a branch to serve a growing area of the community, the library board has to put the added expenditure to a vote of the people. If the community votes to tax itself for library services, it gets them. If not, it doesn't.
Libraries are a wonderful example of representative democracy at its finest. Go down and check yours out. The books on its shelves YOU paid for (if you want more, vote in an increase in the library's budget). YOU paid for the public internet service the library offers, YOU pay the salary of the person at the desk. The Feds don't. If you got a beef, you can go talk to the director or board yourself. YOU and every other voter in your town directly approved the existence of this building with all its books and tapes and videos and CD's. The public library is a far cry from government theft. If voters at the local level didn't approve it, it wouldn't be there.
Get your facts straight, Radar.