"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.
Oh, it's not that I embrace the lottery - I don't. Neither do I embrace others, govm't included, telling me they know best how I should spend MY earnings - as long as I am not dependant on the taxpayer for support.
Just wanted to help clear that up...;-)
If I put on my "greedy, heartless Republican hat", I would be all in favor of every lottery imaginable, since the poor would pay the taxes that I would normally have to pay. But I don't want lotteries because I believe they are inherently immoral and respect what God says about enabling the misery or the poor or helping put burdens on them.
Besides, the money discarded on lottery tickets cannot be used to buy smokes and Mad Dog 20-20.
I'm always amazed at the conservatives who want the government to stay out of their own lives and pocketbooks, but think it ought to control the lives and pocketbooks of those deemed less moral or less intelligent.