Even More!! Reasons to Vote Republican in 2004

(or, Why I'm Voting Democrat in 2004)

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 The amount of federal support (your state's) libraries receive is determined by the amount of state support they receive. Any cut in state aid will generate significant cuts in federal library funds and threaten the library services (people) rely on.

One way (Mister Bush) is appearing to cut spending is by passing down costs to other levels of government, leaving states and localities the option of either curtailing services or paying for those services with increasingly scarce state or local funds.

These are hard times for Colorado libraries, and they are getting worse. Colorado libraries may take comfort, or even more alarm, in the fact that this severe downturn in library fortunes is nationwide.