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The dying gasps of NY Public Library Social Media (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I did a quick search and the library service in England costs 840 million per year for an entire country.

Or roughly $12/resident/year. Admittedly, England has also been cutting deeply into their social services budgets, with library spending falling by over a quarter over the last decade. The UK has lost over a fifth of its public libraries during this time and continues to cut deeper and deeper into these budgets. So its per-capita cheap, but also a popular target for enormous budget cuts.

Compare that to the city's police budgets and you'll find a yawning gap that's only growing larger with time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Bloody hell are you a politician?! 😂 I've asked two simple questions about the post you shared and your response is a) downvote then b) dodge the question