On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 02:37:57PM -0600, Hyrum Wright wrote: > On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 13:16, Jacob Fugal wrote: > <snip> > > as in the instance of my brother's American Heritage class, it contains > > worksheets that must be turned in in class and *cannot* be photocopies > <snip> > > That whole American Heritage thing really gets me steamed. I took it > back in the day when you actually bought a book that you could read, and > maybe be able to sell it back. (Not that I was every able too, but at > least they deluded you into thinking that the possibility existed.) > > ... > > So, to review: > Disposable book - $80 > Non-disposable book - $40 > > Gee, they sure are saving me money.
You *do* recall that the American Heritage curriculum covers basic
economic principles, don't you? Then you see, this whole exercise
with the disposable textbooks is simply an object lesson designed to
help students appreciate the negative consequences of planned market
economies!
Now take all that steamed up energy and go vote Libertarian! :-)
Mike
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