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    Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?] —Matthew Miller
   (...) A community I lived in for a while didn't have access to a public library, because the majority (but not an overwhelming majority -- something like 60%) of the people who lived there didn't want to pay the few cents in taxes to join the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?] —Frank Filz
    Matthew Miller wrote in message ... (...) that (...) That (...) taxes (...) So move to a community which does have a library. (...) If it's worth the cost, it will happen. If it isn't worth the cost, then it isn't worth the cost. Another thought, I (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Libitarian guff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]) —Richard Franks
     (...) That's fine for the people who can afford to do so. Wouldn't this create a set of uber communities that had all the services, and lower class communities that had no services and people couldn't afford to move out of? Seriously, why not just (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: Libitarian guff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]) —Jasper Janssen
      (...) Presumably, if a society as a whole gets richer from educating the poor, companies will donate enough to make it possible. The big fallacy is that the vast majority of companies don't look further ahead than next quarter, up to a year or maybe (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: Libitarian guff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]) —Richard Franks
     weird problem.. (...) that (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?] —Matthew Miller
   (...) The house I lived in there was built by my dad on property given my parents by my grandparents. I grew up there and have lots of important memories of it. Many people are attached to where they live by stronger things than that; should they (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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