Reverse ruinous cuts to federal library program
The Trump administration, in seeking to shutter the Institute of Museum and Library Services — which would include the layoffs or furloughs of some 70 federal workers and end grants to all 50 states — will save U.S. taxpayers about $295 million a year.
As a percentage of the federal budget that figure amounts to less than 0.01 percent of federal spending. Divided among the population, it would amount to 87 cents from each American.
What we’re you getting for your 87 cents?
The Institute of Museum and Library Services, created by Congress in 1996 — although its work was handled by other government agencies decades further back — provides financial support to numerous educational and cultural institutions, including public, school and academic libraries and art, science and history museums and more, helping those public institutions serve their communities.
https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/editorial-reverse-ruinous-cuts-to-federal-library-program/
Trump loves the poorly educated.
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