Let the Spending Begin…

I spent $30 in the teacher store yesterday (and made mental notes for Thurdsay’s shoppping) and $12 in the office store (with more to go).

Georgia’s governor Sonny Perdue has decided to ‘give’ teachers $100 to spend anyway they want on their classroom in this election year.  The spending can only happen on the tax free holiday of Aug. 3rd-6th however.  Ever the cynic, doesn’t it just stand to reason that with a captive audience retail establishments will just stop the back to school sales, or worse yet jack up their prices to accomodate the loss?  And couldn’t the school system just let us use purchase orders to avoid taxes to begin with?  These purchases will be auditted through the state after we use our prepaid visa cards, so no one’s buying shoes….

Gimmick, worse yet, gimmick that will make shopping for B to S unpleasant.