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It's not that simple though. If e.g. the state spends $10 million on the poor with the lottery illegal, then the lottery is made legal and $5 million from it i
by sbov 11y ago
It's not that simple though.
If e.g. the state spends $10 million on the poor with the lottery illegal, then the lottery is made legal and $5 million from it is earmarked for the poor, what's to stop the state from lowering the previous $10 million to $5 million, which would mean the poor are getting no more money than before the lottery was made legal?
- facetube 11y agoThis is exactly what has happened: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/mega-millions-do-lotteries-really-benefit-public-schools/2012/03/30/gIQAbTUNlS_blog.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/mega-...