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Am I the only one sick and tired of not winning the lottery?

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shmokes:
It really is a pretty evil institution. It is a regressive tax (i.e. poor people are taxed at a greater rate than rich people). For example, in most states that have the lottery public schools are funded primarily or exclusively through lottery proceeds rather than property taxes, as is normal pretty much everywhere else. Since only poor people are silly enough to play the lottery, that makes the public school system funded primarily, almost exclusively, by poor people. It's really horrendous. The lottery is the people's government knowing that the poor people are not sophisticated enough to know when they're being duped, and then instead of protecting them from people who would take advantage of this fact, the government takes advantage of it instead.

hypernova:
I used to be in the pool at work, but have lazed on that the last two or so years.

I'm always wishing that they don't win without me, and so far my wish has always come true.

Ed_McCarron:
The lottery is simply a tax on people that suck at math.

wizkid32:

--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on December 28, 2011, 07:25:46 pm ---The lottery is simply a tax on people that suck at math.

--- End quote ---

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shmokes:

--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on December 28, 2011, 07:25:46 pm ---The lottery is simply a tax on people that suck at math.

--- End quote ---

That's what I said. A regressive tax. But actually, it's worse. It's a tax on people who feel trapped and desperate. It's the same thing either way you slice it, though. Only poor people play the lottery. Sure, the odd middle-classer is hooked. And people like me buy a ticket for the stocking every year. But only poor people play the lottery seriously. Poor people fund the lottery. The fact that the government actually uses it as a revenue generator, the fact that they use it to replace progressive taxes, is reprehensible.

Why do people have such a hard time distinguishing between can and should?

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