Bony 🦴 Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 15/12/2024the quality and range of services public libraries provide relative to what they cost is nothing short of a miracle imo. But yeah, sure, “run government like a business.” 📚 775257736 0
Halfpint DJT IS MY NELLIE OLSEN! @halfpintptbo.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Ontario Premier Drug Fraud is defunding our libraries. 50%. He's a high school, illiterate drop out. The only time he was in a library was to do his drug deals. It all tracks. 030 0
docrodi.bsky.social @docrodi.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Government by definition needs to do the chores in which there’s no profit. It needs to be an unbusiness. If there’s profit afoot, a business is already doing it. 030 0
Tom Xensen @txensen.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Same with the Postal SERVICE. It was not coceived as a for-profit business. 170 0
opus3.bsky.social @opus3.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Many things run by the government are fabulous and efficient. 000 0
Lindajudah @lindajudah.bsky.social · 15/12/2024To be fair, they are run by Librarians. And Librarians are the most incredible people around. Seriously! We should elect a Librarian to run everything. Run the country like a Library! I need that on a T-Shirt 000 0
r #FreeŁink @rifka.bsky.social · 15/12/2024yeah let’s fuck that right up and turn it into the Vons Express where a good 30% of the space is wasted advertising products and services they don’t sell anymore bc the machines would cost a few cents a day to maintain in working order 010 0
Tom Dahl, Rebel Scum @tdahlcpa.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Anyone who says run government like a business understands neither. 120 0
The Morrigan @faefromthefield.bsky.social · 15/12/2024When my kids were little and I was a sahm, the library was a lifeline. So much free entertainment and access to community. 030 0
Jeff Culler @jeffculler.bsky.social · 17/12/2024I'm tired of this "run the gov't like a business" nonsense. It's not a business--it's a government. Apples and oranges 🍎🍊 010 0
Ildfluer @ildfluer.bsky.social · 15/12/2024In a country with a massive homelessness problem, they're also shelters for the most disadvantaged. 010 0
She Blinded Me With Library Science @katebyroade.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Businesses have the luxury of failure. Governments do not. I work for a town that was founded in 1698. It’s still paying its bills and will until the end of civilization as we know it. 010 0
Scott Marshall 🇨🇦 @scottmarshall.bsky.social · 16/12/2024This is just code for “make government as corrupt as business” 000 0
I Passed the Bar in China Cat @unhipcat.bsky.social · 15/12/2024we’ve elected two “CEO presidents.” They both broke the economy. Only a fool would claim one can run a government like a business. Their goals are completely different. 001 0
Driver9 @driver9.bsky.social · 15/12/2024People who say that government should be run like a business fall into one of two categories... wealthy elites and morons. 1131 0
Aaron Blackshear @aaronblackshear.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Every single time we take my son to the library I am astonished at how amazing it is. The employees put so much effort into creating incredible experiences for the kids. 011 0
cminga.bsky.social @cminga.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Why would anyone want anything run like an American business?! They are increasingly shittier every single day. Clothes don’t have hems or waistbands. 500$ viscose dresses. Panera food is 25$ slop and insurance companies are trying to kill you faster than cancer. 010 0
BlueDotCountry @bluedotcountry.bsky.social · 15/12/2024I never understood the whole ‘government should be run like a business’ thing. It’s extremely dangerous. What is a CEO if not a king over his domain, with absolute power to destroy any employee, skirt or outright ignore ethics to alter any business practice that cuts in to profit margins, etc.? 0110 0
Fish Chowder @fishchowder.bsky.social · 15/12/2024The average cost of sending a student to private school is not cheaper than sending a student to public school. But the public schools hire more qualified teachers, vet them more carefully, pay them much more, and give them pensions and health insurance. 041 0
Fran Gardner @franag.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Government isn't supposed to be a business. It is community service. 000 0
Brittany @brittanynicole1583.bsky.social · 15/12/2024The whole point of “American business model” is to slash quality/amounts, hike prices, underpay employees all to funnel profits to billionaire ruling class, while using that which we need in order to survive to exploit us. Yet the oppressed continue to lift up corporations and their greed 🤦🏽♀️ 120 0
azdeis.bsky.social @azdeis.bsky.social · 15/12/2024TRASHTRUMP RUNS EVERYTHING HE OWNS LIKE A W]=[ORE HOUSE PIMP , JUST LIKE HIS GRANDFATHER 000 0
lurchgs.bsky.social @lurchgs.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Equating libraries to the government as a whole is one of the more stupid comparisons I’ve seen recently. 040 0
Chris Miller @thelittlepakeha.net · 16/12/2024I always feel like "run government like a single mother" would be better. or single father I guess. but holy heck they know how to get the most out of money and also know the importance of investing in people/kids and services like libraries and public transport. 000 0
Mean Gramma @meangramma.bsky.social · 15/12/2024The idea that the government should be run like a business is an example of wildly successful propaganda. 000 0
David @davidicw.bsky.social · 16/12/2024They will fail and the country will fail. cbwrong.blogspot.com?m=1cbwrong.blogspot.comI Could Be Wrong. 000 0
bluewallgirldad.bsky.social @bluewallgirldad.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Nevermind the guy we're talking about has filed bankruptcy like 6 times, found liable in class action discrimination lawsuits, defrauded NY of $400m, also businesses don't ask Congress for permission to do anything and the purpose of government is kinda the opposite of a corporation. Mind blowing 000 0
BuffaloResearch.com @buffaloresearch.com · 15/12/2024My stock answer to this, which is not original, is "Government needs to be run like a democracy. Not a business." 071 0
JanetM Sage Observer @janetmsageobserver.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Librarians are the most poorly paid professional graduates. But sure, volunteers and low paid library assistants can operate the systems. Just not set it all up, monitor customer response, keep abreast of new resources and decide digital, media, and paper acquisitions. And much more... 070 0
haidawarcanoe.bsky.social @haidawarcanoe.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Recall that Trump spent his last four years in power trying to de-fund public libraries. So, they must be doing something right. Get a library card. Become a card-carrying member of your local library. 030 0
Paul Cowling @picowlo.bsky.social · 15/12/2024"run government like a business" Hang on. Businesses are run to extract as much profit as possible. 🤔 0140 0
TexasVulcan @texasvulcan.bsky.social · 15/12/2024You don't want your library operated for profit? Me neither. If I did, I would just go to Barnes and Noble. 050 0
Then From the Future @tftf72.bsky.social · 15/12/2024The government is supposed to NOT run like a business, it's literally built to spend. Literally the only reason the government makes money (through taxes, etc.) is so it can spend that money. It's not a money making machine, it's a money spending machine. Doing any different will jeopardize so much. 1174 0
50501Sandpoint @oldwhitelib.bsky.social · 15/12/2024When government is run like a business, we get outcomes like the tragedy of Flint, MI. 020 0
StuartL49@bsky.social @stuartl49.bsky.social · 15/12/2024I don't agree that the government should be run like a business and certainly not T**** business. He filed bankruptcy 6 times. 010 0
Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social · 15/12/20241. The government is not a business. The goals and mechanisms are entirely different. The value of a service is not completely monetary. 2. Enron, Purdue Pharma, Union Carbide, Theranos, and Trump University are/were businesses. No one should want to emulate them. 1292 0
Imran Agassy @pervertgeorges.bsky.social · 15/12/2024This push to make everything akin to a business is absurd! The moment a businesslike tenor becomes the heart of our entire anthropology, we will hit a point of no return. 010 0
dilo62.bsky.social @dilo62.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Govt exists 2 do good things 4 society that greedy bastards running businesses won’t do. They’ve got theirs, fuck everyone else. Query: why isn’t anyone (evangelicals) saying anything about Elon globe trotting & impregnating numerous women. I think he’s in double digits on kids by several women. 110 0
Starflight of the NightWings ΘΔ @starflight.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Instead, we should run businesses like the government (public services with no regard to profitability, no shareholders, owned and operated by the public with public accountability). I genuinely mean this. Markets always fail. They cannot work efficiently. Nationalize everything. 030 0
serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social @serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Elon Musk ran Twitter into a cesspool. Elon Musk ran Tesla into being the “Deadliest Car in America.” Trump ran his own business into bankruptcy SIX times. Even casinos! It’s near impossible to bankrupt a casino, but that moron DID. Trump ran his charities into fraud. And ran U.S. into DEBT. 131 0
Pres. Rochelle Jann (Empire of Wordia) @rochellejann.bsky.social · 16/12/2024I go to a big box book store, find a book, and read for a while in their reading area. If I like it, I go to my fav local bookstore and order it. Kinda the opposite of a lot of folks. Sorry, not sorry. 000 0
Trixie Beldame 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @trixiebeldame.bsky.social · 15/12/2024And get rid of fire depts and police depts -- those slackers don't turn a profit! 000 0
StruggleBusBeepBeep @strugglebusbeep.bsky.social · 15/12/2024I care for a 97 yr old woman who's legally blind and deaf. She calls her library nearly every day with a question. They are here eyes and ears. Free to her. 020 0
oldschoollib69.bsky.social @oldschoollib69.bsky.social · 15/12/2024If they run government like a business libraries won’t be free 020 0
Anarchitek @anarchitek.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Thank Andrew Carnegie, who left most of his $666 million fortune (in 1918), to fund Public Libraries. He left $25,000, (then, $594,678.57, today) to each of his children, said, "If they can't make it on that, they don't deserve to." 000 0
woodsybell.bsky.social @woodsybell.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Same way I feel about the U.S. Postal Service. 2170 0
Jenn M-S @jlms-qkw.bsky.social · 15/12/2024The county library has a podcast and I learned a lot. 010 0
Camphorous @camphorous.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Government accounting standards are different than normal accounting because the aim of business is to calculate profit and the aim of government is services provided. It fundamentally cannot be run like a business. 0142 0
BeachGlassFan🌴🇨🇦 @beachglassfan.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Try making library services *more* efficient with current resources … GOOD LUCK … they are run like a well oiled machine. 080 0
HappyCamper22 @happycamper22.bsky.social · 15/12/2024My personal Person of the Year pick in the era of Fahrenheit 451 (which of course is banned by Dictator DeSantis in Florida) 070 0
Texan In Exile @texaninexile.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Nobody ever says to run the police dept or the fire dept like a business. 021 0
mike200x.bsky.social @mike200x.bsky.social · 15/12/2024If your local library doesn't carry a "banned" book try requesting it through their Interlibrary Loan service. They can often obtain a copy (free) from a library in another city or state to be sent for you to borrow. Including children's books! 030 0
Anarchist Former Cop 🇺🇸➡️🇫🇷 ➡️🇬🇧 @anarchist-cop.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Voting only works in a functional democracy. When money is speech, and corporations are people, citizens cannot compete with these very “loud people.” 000 0
patflaherty.bsky.social @patflaherty.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Well I think people that say that are actually talking about the federal government. 95% of library funding comes from local taxes not state or fed. It’s a good point but maybe use Medicare as your example. 020 0
Ghost of Lepa Radić @ghostofdonknotts.bsky.social · 15/12/2024All the "run government like a business" talk seems to miss the fact that poor business practices are almost always bailed out by the government... 0421 0
Sabra Boyd @sabraboyd.bsky.social · 16/12/2024I feel like politicians always ignore how public libraries are good for the economy. I’ve attended classes for small business owners and referenced so many books from the library for marketing etc 011 0
Czar Mikhail of Ukraine @czarmikhail.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Businesses which are profitable such as Nuclear, Gas, Oil production of any kind need no further government assistance. All profits will be taxed at 37% federal rate payable to US Treasury. 100 0
ericf989.bsky.social @ericf989.bsky.social · 16/12/2024It didn't work during #Hitler's last regime. It won't work, now. Government is supposed to serve the people. #VotetsNotDonors 000 0
Will Pierce @nuclei.com · 15/12/2024Businesses deal with profit and loss, but governments deal with life and death. Huge difference. 050 0
Bony 🦴 Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 15/12/2024seriously, look at your municipal or county budget docs and see how much your libraries do with mere nickels and dimes 21347 0
