I just checked my property tax bills. After the levy increase to build the new addition, I'm paying ~$2250 in local property taxes a year directly entirely to the library.

I could order a lot of books from Amazon Prime for that money. They show up on my doorstep the very next day, and I don't have to drive into the village and back. Hmmm...

The median home price here is ~$550k - they'd be paying about $250 a year in library taxes.