Do you think the lottery is a class tax on the poor? In a lot of lower income areas there are lotto outlets all over the place and the lines are sometime out the door. This represents a lot of money going out of the house hold and local community. The upper income areas here not so many lotto outlets or as many people standing in line to play.
In Illinois we have a lotto that was to be the answer to all our state money woes when it first came about- not! And we have a lot of folks playing the lotto who by looks, really should be spending the money they have a lot wiser- like books for the kids, helping out a local charity or food pantry in the area or even saving a little extra for themselves.
Is the lotto a a tax round about tax on the working class and lower income people?
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If the government chooses to act in a certain way, and people chose to respond in a certain way
that does not put the onus on the Governing body. (personal accountability)
Now, the more important question would be;
Are we as Americans so despondent, forlorn, hopeless, desperate,
and dissatisfied with our lives that we would spend the milk money on a dream?
Of course it is also possible that we cannot see past our narcissism towards a better day, which can only come if we are prepared to save for it.
The lottery is not a savings account!
I was in my local 711 and saw a woman who must have been on Social Security buying lotto tickets out the a**. I've bought lotto tickets when the pot got into the hundreds of millions about twice or three times last year, but I limited the tickets to 5 dollars or less.
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