Things You Already Knew: College Is A Scam

It appears, shockingly, that college is a big, fat fucking scam. Textbooks in particular are costing students arms, legs, and sometimes even torsos for those fancy new books in cellophane.
The findings below, were posted by the U.S. General Accounting Office, please enjoy the ass raping:

College textbook prices have risen at twice the rate of annual inflation over the last two decades, following close behind annual increases in tuition and fees at postsecondary institutions. Rising at an average of 6 percent each year since academic year 1987-1988, compared with overall average price increases of 3 percent per year, college textbook prices trailed tuition and fee increases, which averaged 7 percent per year. Since December of 1986, textbook prices have nearly tripled, increasing by 186 percent, while tuition and fees increased by 240 percent and overall prices grew by 72 percent. While increases in textbook prices have followed increases in tuition and fees, the cost of textbooks and supplies for degree-seeking students as a percentage of tuition and fees varies by the type of institution attended. For example, the average estimated cost of books and supplies per first-time, full-time student for academic year 2003-2004 was $898 at 4-year public institutions, or about 26 percent of the cost of tuition and fees. At 2-year public institutions, where low-income students are more likely to pursue a degree program and tuition and fees are lower, the average estimated cost of books and supplies per first-time, full-time student was $886 in academic year 2003-2004, representing almost three-quarters of the cost of tuition and fees.

Wasn't that great! Now back to school kiddies, make sure to buy the shiny new textbooks so that you can make your professor's extra stipend! And don't you dare buy those cheap Communist imported textbooks. Much like Canadian medicine, they are the devil in the flesh, and you will go to hell.