Taxpayers spent $10,000 on video games

The Iowa City Public Library will begin to circulate video games for Playstation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 consoles on Thursday, December 4 at 2:30 p.m., following early release from Iowa City schools. The collection is geared towards children and teenagers, but all patrons will be able to check out games.

The cost to taxpayers?  $10,000.00.

Apparently it is government's job to entertain you.  That's not YOUR obligation, that's a job for government.

Our Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves.  You should be angered by liberal attempts to use government for every whim of life.  And here's a kicker.....  The Iowa City Public Library responded to my inquiry with an attitude of "Well, all the libraries are doing it."  AS IF that makes it right?  This is a blatant abuse of taxpayer dollars.  PERIOD.  It's the government's job to entertain us?  Not just NO, but HELL NO!

Contact the Iowa City Library:  REFQUEST@icpl.org

Reference to an inquiry as to how much the video game and video console purchase cost taxpayers:

From: REFQUEST <REFQUEST@icpl.org>
To: <sickofspin@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 10:02:09 AM
Subject: Re: games at the library

Hello,

$10,000 has been budgeted for games and equipment.

Reference Desk
Iowa City Public Library
319-356-5200 option 5
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