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Not the easiest one to make absolute decisions over. National lotteries fund a lot of useful stuff.
by FourthProtocol 5y ago
Not the easiest one to make absolute decisions over. National lotteries fund a lot of useful stuff.
- elil17 5y agoAlthough those things could be funded by something else instead (e.g. income or excise taxes)
- jimbob45 5y agoI'm glad you brought the inconvenient truth up. Both the lottery and cigarette taxes are used to fund essential programs (schools, police, fire departments) guilt-free here in the states. If those were to be removed, we would be forced to hold a difficult conversation about taxation and how we would fund things from then on.
- HWR_14 5y agoNational lotteries allow lower taxes, that is all. The same dollars could be raised by taxing people in a progressive way instead of via addictive gambling. Gambling can ruin people's lives. The government shouldn't support it being easily accessible. It should be reserved for a desert city almost no one lives in on vacation.