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Learning to Share; Justices Could Ensure Texas Children Get More Than Crumbs: Austin American-Statesman

  

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Scott McCown /(512) 320-0222 x 109

July 7, 2005

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If you have two boys, one big and one small, and you give the big boy a cookie and ask him to share, the little boy will get crumbs. And as long as the big boys are allowed to "share" this way, they won't throw in their nickels to buy a big enough cookie for all of the kids. When it comes to school finance, Texas needs a really big cookie.