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Are we assuming we should care? Yes, the behavior is not in their best interest by the metrics we use, but if they are adults who are fully consenting to the t
by Lawtonfogle 11y ago
Are we assuming we should care? Yes, the behavior is not in their best interest by the metrics we use, but if they are adults who are fully consenting to the transaction, and they are not be lied to, should the government care?
If the government should stay out of the bedroom of consenting adults, why not stay out of their wallets as well?
- ahallock 11y agoI agree, but the government is already in our wallets via taxes used for social programs to help the poor. I happen to disagree with these programs, but here we are. We abdicate to the State with the idea that they're going to help the poor, not take advantage of them. Lottery tickets exploit the poor, so I'm left with the notion that the State is more concerned with its bottom line than helping the poor.
- Vraxx 11y agoThat's all good in theory, but then what do we do when we have people suffering because they spent all their resources on this ridiculous "game"? I'll tell you right now the answer won't end up being "let them wallow in the steets". It ends up just being wildly inefficient. If we care enough to help these people after they are down on their luck, metaphorically and literally, then we should just cut out the middle man and stop having it as an option to waste money on. Alternatively we could stop changing the lottery so it's less efficient at extracting money from people and is closer to a random chance wealth redistribution.