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N.C. Senate Passes Lottery Bill
WRAL.com ^ | August 30, 2005 | WRAL.com

Posted on 08/30/2005 11:46:26 AM PDT by Constitution Day

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina is no longer the only state along the East Coast that does not have a lottery. Senators passed the measure Tuesday by one vote.

Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand, D-Cumberland, brought up the bill for consideration about 1:15 p.m. Senate leader Marc Basnight told WRAL he called senators back to Raleigh because he thought the votes were there to pass a lottery.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: lottery; lotteryq; nclottery; northcarolina
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To: mykdsmom

Strong beer heck, I'm going to go get a fifth of Jack Daniels. Of course with the lottery in place I can expect the tax on that to be lowered right? ;)


21 posted on 08/30/2005 12:50:28 PM PDT by billbears (Deo Vindice)
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To: Constitution Day

Thanks. I just forwarded to friends in NC.


22 posted on 08/30/2005 12:52:43 PM PDT by lilylangtree
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To: Constitution Day
Did they give the bill a warm and fuzzy name like "The educational full funding act"?

Now that I think about it, wasn't that what they called the budget a couple years ago when they voted on it?

23 posted on 08/30/2005 12:59:43 PM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Phantom Lord

No, I believe it is called what it is: "the North Carolina State Lottery Act"


24 posted on 08/30/2005 1:06:43 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Clock King
Because a lot of Left Coastists and NE Leftists move here to the cities (Raleigh, Durham, Charlotte, UNC-Chapel Hill) for high tech jobs (Research Triangle Park,et.al. -- hey, that's what I did) and are changing the character of the place.

Yet, strangley, Raleigh is more Republican than 20 years ago.

25 posted on 08/30/2005 1:12:13 PM PDT by Darth Reagan (Everyone who hires us is a psycho. You think that's a reflection on us?)
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To: Constitution Day

Lottery - a tax on those who are bad at math.

I have a BIL who is addicted to scratch tickets and going to the casino. He says I am nuts for investing big chunks in stocks, as if it'smore risky that a $30 scratch ticket. BTW, he's 45 and still rents his house from his inlaws. Looser!


26 posted on 08/30/2005 1:12:17 PM PDT by Fierce Allegiance (This ain't your granddaddy's America)
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To: Phantom Lord
I did a search & found that the House bill (H1023) was the "North Carolina State Lottery Act".

The Senate bill (S622) was the "2005 Appropriations Bill".

27 posted on 08/30/2005 1:13:00 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Cobra64
Another state allows the lower class to throw their money away.

Yep, guess we need a law telling people how they are "allowed" to spend their money. I wonder who's going to be on the committee to decide such things?

You know any busybodies?

28 posted on 08/30/2005 1:15:19 PM PDT by Darth Reagan (Everyone who hires us is a psycho. You think that's a reflection on us?)
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To: Darth Reagan

I got the impression he was being sarcastic. Perhaps I was wrong?


29 posted on 08/30/2005 1:16:55 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Constitution Day; Cobra64
If so, my bad.

Oh, and why can't I open a casino? Or is NC like one of them Communist countries where the government owns the businesses but private citizens can't. (My take is here.)

30 posted on 08/30/2005 1:19:53 PM PDT by Darth Reagan (Everyone who hires us is a psycho. You think that's a reflection on us?)
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To: RockinRight

NC has a Democrat majority because the traitor Richard Morgan agreed to draw the districts in their favor. Republicans outpolled Democrats 50-48 in the state senate and 51-47 in the house.


31 posted on 08/30/2005 1:21:34 PM PDT by Deport Billary
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To: Darth Reagan
Oh, and why can't I open a casino?

Get your fellow law talkin' guys working on it. We need to have poker declared a game of skill so we can open poker rooms, and then we can push for full blown casino's.

32 posted on 08/30/2005 1:25:10 PM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Constitution Day

Though I disagree with the lottery, I do get a chuckle out of Democrats pushing through a tax on what amounts to stupidity and poverty.


33 posted on 08/30/2005 1:25:15 PM PDT by krb (ad hominem arguments are for stupid people)
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To: Phantom Lord

Can I open up a poker table on the Eno in my kayak, kinda like the barges in St. Louis?


34 posted on 08/30/2005 1:25:59 PM PDT by krb (ad hominem arguments are for stupid people)
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To: krb; Phantom Lord; Constitution Day

We certainly need to get rid of these racist and socialist laws that allow gambling to be supplied only by American Indians and governments.

And don't forget about bottled liquors only being available from the government too. Imagine, one day, if porn were only available from a state agency.

Ack.


35 posted on 08/30/2005 1:29:26 PM PDT by Darth Reagan (Everyone who hires us is a psycho. You think that's a reflection on us?)
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To: Darth Reagan; krb; Phantom Lord

Hear, hear.

I was making the point about the state's liquor monopoly recently on the NC board.
It boggles my mind that most people seem to accept that as part of the natural order of things.


36 posted on 08/30/2005 1:32:51 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Darth Reagan
Imagine, one day, if porn were only available from a state agency.


37 posted on 08/30/2005 1:34:03 PM PDT by krb (ad hominem arguments are for stupid people)
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To: Darth Reagan

Hmmm...the more I think about it, a gentlemen's Poker day out on the Eno sounds pretty cool!


38 posted on 08/30/2005 1:34:45 PM PDT by krb (ad hominem arguments are for stupid people)
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To: RockinRight
How do solidly red states like NC still elect Democratic legislatures??

There are serious problems with our form of government.

39 posted on 08/30/2005 1:34:48 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: krb

Dude, you are a sadist.

LOL


40 posted on 08/30/2005 1:34:51 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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