Senate Democrats announced an early education agenda this week that would give all Indiana children a free book each month, from the day they are born until they turn 5. The program is already offered in nine Indiana communities and more than 500 communities in 40 other states, including Tennessee, where the program was founded by singer Dolly Parton.
David Dotson, executive director of the Dollywood Foundation, said Imagination Library helps kids learn to love books before they even enter a classroom.
Don’t let the government run it.
If private organizations come up with the money and run the program I am all for it. If the state of Indiana or any other state tries to run a program like this I am pretty confident they will screw it all up. In the process they will burn up alot of tax dollars that could be doing other things. One thing the tax dollars could do is stay in the pocket of the taxpayer. Are libraries over funded in Indiana? If they are not libraries should oppose this hairbrain scheme and suggest the money be added to the acquisitions budget of libraries.