[newzjunkey]

and the lottery is a tax on stupidity

I'm sick of this. If you go in eyes open, knowing your chances of winning how is it a "tax on stupidity?"

Paying more for the same item at a grocery store that makes you feel more "comfortable" than the one across the street? That is a tax on stupidity.

[the invisib1e hand]

Indeed. Then too is the argument against governments running 1 dollar casinos.