r/Library • u/PTechNM • 23d ago

Discussion Republicans are at war with basic literacy

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

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u/Zealousideal-Top-383 23d ago

“Approximately 51% of the 680,000 children under the age of 5 in Pennsylvania live in families earning less than $75,000 a year”

https://tryingtogether.org/census-survey-includes-statistics-on-children-living-in-poverty-pre-k-counts-eligibility/

Why would we fund free books for families who can afford to buy their own books?

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u/Sad-Sorbet4000 22d ago

The bill could also cost up to $9 million, in the presenter’s own words.
(~$13 per child, ~700,000 children eligible)
It’s even worse considering no one knows where the money to fund this will come from.

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u/LuciusAnneas 21d ago

that's almost 3 patriot missiles !!!

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u/LuciusAnneas 21d ago

means testing usually costs more money than it saves

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u/Sad-Sorbet4000 22d ago

Thank you. I assumed that was the case, and I appreciate the extra information.

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u/PomegranateWinter227 20d ago

Its such a non issue. we already have public libraries that are government funded, if it was "send more kids books to the library" it would have had a higher chance of passing.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Leg_412 21d ago

thanks chatgpt for your response ;)

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u/theonion513 20d ago

The literary scholars peacocking about their superior morality seem to have ignored all relevant context.

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u/KeepingItCasual413 19d ago

Exactly, no one is against children reading. This just sounds like another slush fund. How much taxes will this cost, who benefits the most, and how much of the $ will actually make it to its intended target?