The Republican Party is trying to defund Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, a program that sends free books each month to children from birth to their 5th birthday. Some states have complained that some of the books are not age appropriate, while others have argued that they are printed in the United States. In Kentucky, this has led to a proposal to cut the state's contribution from 50% of the cost of the program to just 33%, which could cause local organizations to shut down. Currently, Kentucky spends $2.5 million a year on the program, sharing the cost evenly with local Imagination libraries in each of the state’s 120 counties. The cost of this program outweighs its benefits, with the program providing 12,000 children a year for 12 books a year.