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It is well documents that lottery income replaces standard taxes and does not increase the money spent of education or senior citizens. So it has switched taxin

by baldfat 11y ago

It is well documents that lottery income replaces standard taxes and does not increase the money spent of education or senior citizens. So it has switched taxing all tax payers and puts the burden on people who play the lottery, which are vastly made up of the poor population of the states. http://taxvox.taxpolicycenter.org/2014/09/09/nearly-states-play-lottery-none-big-winners/ http://taxvox.taxpolicycenter.org/2014/09/09/nearly-states-p...

datamingle 11y ago
You can't remove demand by Government decree. We have tried that with alcohol, drugs, etc. It never works.
- asddubs 11y ago
  it's a lot harder to run an illegal lottery at any meaningful scale, though
- baldfat 11y ago
  Government isn't selling drugs and only a few states still sell alcohol. Government shouldn't sell Cigarettes, Alcohol, Drugs or Lottery.