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Lottery is a voluntary tax on people with poor math skills. It’s either game the system to win or just write a check to the government, or invest your money in
by treeman79 5y ago
Lottery is a voluntary tax on people with poor math skills.
It’s either game the system to win or just write a check to the government, or invest your money in almost anything else.
- prirun 5y agoTrue for all gambling IMO. I went to Vegas once for a business conference, first time there. I got some quarters, put them all in a slot machine, and was bored out of my mind. I would much rather have just handed someone the cash and left.
- throwawayffffas 5y agoA better way to put it is, its a tax on desperation.
- mitchdoogle 5y agoIt's a form of entertainment. Surely you have some entertainment that you spend money on and that is not profitable? It can become an unhealthy obsession, but so can many hobbies. I've an audiophile friend who spent thousands of dollars buying gigantic fancy speakers and went broke shortly thereafter. He was unable to find a buyer when times got rough. Is that a "tax on people with poor math skills also"?
- tomcam 5y agoUh yes. Or at a minimum terrible financial planning, which amounts to the same in both cases.