[Lurking2Long]

Exactly! Here in NC, stupid govenor Easley keeps trying to jam it down the people's throats, but we keep puking it back up (like we should).

Lotterys are nothing but legalized theft from the poor and ignorant.

[azhenfud]

"Exactly! Here in NC, stupid govenor Easley keeps trying to jam it down the people's throats, but we keep puking it back up (like we should).

Lotterys are nothing but legalized theft from the poor and ignorant."

That's funny. I thought one would have a choice whether to buy a lottery ticket. Is it not their "constitutional" right to be stoopid? We do alcohol and tobacco. Lotto should be a choice left to the people - not blocked from the ballot because politicians want to control how the stoopid spend.

JMO.

[jwpjr]

re: Lotterys are nothing but legalized theft from the poor and ignorant

And what's worse, very little of the huge amounts of money they collect go to better the citizens of the state. Here in Florida the money was earmarked for education, but for every dollar of lottery money that went to education two dollars was taken away from education in the general funding. Turns out after more than 10 years the lottery has actually resulted in less educational spending. You simply can't trust politicians. Everyone assumed the billions of dollars that the lottery would be used to enhance spending on education, instead it was used to free up money for other projects.

[laredo44]

Lotterys are nothing but legalized theft from the poor and ignorant.

Another "Liberty is the problem" poster.