[Publib] Stimulus Two

[Robert Balliot]

Case in point:

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/01/05-5

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:40 AM, James Casey <jcasey at olpl.org> wrote:

>  Outraged?  How about a trillion dollars and thousands of lives squandered
> on a war that was entirely unnecessary and trillions more on tax breaks to
> the richest one percent of the country?   Taxpayers finished eight years
> with a gigantic deficit and absolutely nothing to show for it.  While the
> Obama stimulus will further expand the deficit, it will also provide some
> equity value to the taxpayers in exchange for the huge expenditure.  Getting
> tax cut money into the hands of low-moderate income taxpayers and to be used
> on projects that will actually serve the interest of the public is not a bad
> deal compared to what we have been sold by the previous administration.
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> What if libraries have projects sitting "shovel ready" in the event that
> Federal money is available?  Why shouldn't the heavily burdened property tax
> base that already supports school and library operations not receive a bit
> of help via Federal funds?   Would it not sit better with local taxpayers
> (who also pay State and Federal taxes) than elaborate plans to have favored
> companies like Haliburton and Blackwater used those tax dollars to
> destroy/rebuild Iraq?   I would guess that money spent on library related
> projects will deliver excellent value for the investment.
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> James B. Casey – My own views.
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> *From:* publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:
> publib-bounces at webjunction.org] *On Behalf Of *Backwage at aol.com
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 19, 2009 9:56 AM
> *To:* lknieriem at rogersark.org; publib at webjunction.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Publib] Stimulus Two
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> In a message dated 2/19/2009 7:38:07 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> lknieriem at rogersark.org writes:
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> Speaking as a librarian **and** a taxpayer, if my library had spent the
> tens of thousands of dollars it costs to develop "shovel-ready" plans for
> constructing new facilities on the off-chance that a huge federal spending
> program would drop a chunk of change our way to build it, I'd be outraged.
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