I'm glad you brought the inconvenient truth up. Both the lottery and cigarette taxes are used to fund essential programs (schools, police, fire departments) gui

I'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.