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This is not analogous at all. Everyone uses roads. Everyone has access to public libraries.

• JoeAltmaier 6y ago
  And one third of American young people have/are getting a degree. That isn't enough to make it analogous?
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• woodruffw 6y ago
  > Everyone has access to public libraries. I live in a historically poorer (and very densely populated) part of NYC, and this isn’t true: the NYPL’s branches are disproportionately present in more affluent areas. Those areas also tend to have larger libraries and more auxiliary library services (like computer and printer access).
• eesmith 6y ago
  I meant my comment to point out how people would argue against public roads and against public libraries if we didn't have them. But let's assume I was making a direct argument. There are different levels of road use. There are people who can't afford a car. They might use the road to bicycle or walk. (Though those roads may be cyclist and pedestrian un-friendly and even antagonistic.) They certainly don't need the same level of built-up road that an SUV or truck owner needs. But they pay the same taxes for it as rich people do, and are far more likely to be arrested for the discriminatory crime of "jaywalking". Even setting that aside, poor neighborhoods subsidize the roads and other city services rich people use. - https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/10/poor-neighborhoods-make-the-best-investment https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/10/poor-neighborh... How's that not making the working class subsidize the roads of the elite? And if that's a problem, what should change?