Comments on: AG Gives State Board Of Education Carte Blanche To Destroy Public Education http://capitolannex.com/2006/09/18/ag-gives-state-board-of-education-cart-blanche-to-destroy-public-education/ Outside Austin, But Terribly Well Connected Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:55:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Amerloc http://capitolannex.com/2006/09/18/ag-gives-state-board-of-education-cart-blanche-to-destroy-public-education/comment-page-1/#comment-20250 Amerloc Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:31:25 +0000 http://capitolannex.com/2006/09/18/ag-gives-state-board-of-education-cart-blanche-to-destroy-public-education/#comment-20250 Another reason I would argue against the so-called "economies of scale." Though I live here, I'm not attached emotionally to Texas. I like it, we're comfortable (some days), I can see why Texas natives are so fiercely chauvinistic (in the archaic sense of the word). But as Texas goes, so go many of the nation's textbooks - this is too big a market to not coddle. This decision reaches beyond Texas. That's economics. And that's sad. Another reason I would argue against the so-called “economies of scale.” Though I live here, I’m not attached emotionally to Texas. I like it, we’re comfortable (some days), I can see why Texas natives are so fiercely chauvinistic (in the archaic sense of the word).

But as Texas goes, so go many of the nation’s textbooks - this is too big a market to not coddle. This decision reaches beyond Texas. That’s economics. And that’s sad.

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