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lghh on March 31, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Libraries have become a broadband lifeline for stu...

If an area is in the income bracket where the majority of the population would need a library to access the internet, raising taxes in the area is only going to burden that community even more.

MR4D on April 1, 2017 [–]

This (https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/ls-00-10-0044-10 ) could be replaced by each Houstonian paying a whopping 15 cents.

Yes, there are poor areas. The problem is they lack powerful congressional seats, and the rich ones get the money.

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