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Odessa American, Texas, Economist column.

By Ray Perryman, Odessa American, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 6--TAX-FREE HOLIDAY A GOOD THING FOR PARENT AND CHILD: As we go to press, the annual retail sales tax holiday was right around the corner. It's an important event, whether because you'd hate to miss it or you'd hate to get caught in it. The lines and crowds are always long; for many retailers it's becoming as big as the day after Thanksgiving and other Christmas shopping days in terms of volume.

Since instituted by the Texas Legislature in 1999, the weekend has served as a way to make sending children back to school more affordable for Texas families. A long list of items were ...

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