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In some domains, even restricted funds are fungible. Check out John Oliver's video on state lotteries: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9PK-netuhHA https://youtube.
by studentrob 11y ago
In some domains, even restricted funds are fungible. Check out John Oliver's video on state lotteries: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9PK-netuhHA https://youtube.com/watch?v=9PK-netuhHA
- moron4hire 11y agoNo, that's not what he said at all. Because of a new restricted fund, they changed the budget for other funding sources. The didn't just decide to spend specific dollars on one cause that had been collected under a guise of a different cause.
- studentrob 11y agoI think we are in agreement this is all legal, and are just disagreeing about the meaning of 'restricted'. Your usage is in legal terms, whereas I'm talking about what was advertised. > The didn't just decide to spend specific dollars on one cause that had been collected under a guise of a different cause. Actually, in the case of the lottery, there are examples of this. See the part at 12:24 - https://youtu.be/9PK-netuhHA?t=12m24s https://youtu.be/9PK-netuhHA?t=12m24s Perhaps one can say it was legal and not restricted money. Regardless, it is definitely odd how the state advertises that lottery money goes to education, and meanwhile corporate tax money disappears from the education budget. The point is not legality, it is ethics.