[Libloather]

Bend over Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia!

[Commander8]

A stupidity tax to fund reparations, what will they think of next?

[Libloather]

Ping...

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

So, do I read this correctly - North Carolina is blackmailing Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia?

[Shermy]

Can Nevada be targeted by the other 49?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Reparations? It looks like a bribe to N.C. to not start it's own lottery.

[Arkinsaw]

Nice work if you can get it.

[Rebelbase]

"Possession of lottery tickets is illegal in North Carolina, pursuant to G.S. 14-290. "

I broke the law last week. Arrest me.

[SC Swamp Fox]

Tell 'em to come down here and take it from us!

The Black Swamp militia will stop them before they can get across the Pee Dee.

[lizma]

Where's "The Onion" lable?

[PUGACHEV]

The premise here seems to be that citizens are a state's chattel, like cows, to be milked for their income. If some other state has gotten that income, then a trespass has occured and reparations are in order. How typical.

[MadRobotArtist]

Yep, I knew it. Reparations are coming, and what's worse, is that this cancer will indeed spread. I live in Minnesota, and you can better believe that since we have Powerball, and since it generates revenues, The people who participate will get screwed hard, only to have that money go to a small group of people. This is all a sham. If the whole reparations goes through, I'm leaving this country, taking my wife, and my small business to some other country, that does NOT support Reparations.

[mhking]

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[mhking]

...Or as my wife (She-who-must-be-obeyed) just said to me, "So poor black folks and poor white folks are going to finance my reparations? Someone's elevator isn't going to the top..."

[PistolPaknMama]

Any state that is a signatory to this compact may withdraw from the compact by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no withdrawal shall be effective until the Governor of the withdrawing state shall have sent formal notice in writing

The last time South Carolina "entered a compact" and then "sent formal notice in writing" the federal government sent troops down here and took our guns and burned our homes. Lesson learned. No thanks.

[Ken H]

I'd say NC would be in violation of the Constitution if they try to enact this.

This is one instance where the Commerce Clause of Article I Section 8 legitimately applies, IMO.

[dr_who]

Aren't state governments great? Big money!

[dr_who]

On the bright side though, I imagine these "reparations" would likely come disproportionately from the lottery participants who would be eligible to receive those same reparations.

[dr_who]

I seem to hear nothing but bad news from NC lately. Seems like the Democrats are more in control than before 94 and the Republicans are twice as wimpy.

[4CJ]

Georgia et al should tell these NC idots to pound sand.