The Neighbors chain of convenience stores and gas stations in the Forsyth, Stokes, and Surry County area is not selling lottery tickets and they are proudly advertising themselves as "lottery free."
For the record, the "tax on the poor" argument is dumb.
>For the record, the "tax on the poor" argument is dumb.<
For the record you have not looked at the subject if you think that.The top 10 zip codes in Ga. for purchases of lottery tickets have the fewest Hope Scholarships.The 10 zip codes with the highest # of Hope scholars are among the lowest purchasesers of Lottery ticets.
NCSteve, I saw that this morning at the Neighbors store in Lewisville, where I live, and they had the "lottery free" wording on their sign at the road (which sign will be illegal in October, due to sign size restrictions and amortization). I was kind of glad to see it. I usually pay at the pump for gas and don't go inside very often.
As for the lottery itself, I might play occasionally. I wonder if my church would accept some of my winnings to help pay off our new building loan? I suspect they would.
As for the guy who declines to sell lottery tickets but sells cigarettes and alcohol (I assume that is what he means by beverages), I have no problem with that. I don't care if he sells lottery tickets. No one is forced to buy any of them. There is no "poor tax." Taxes are mandatory, none of these purchases is. If you can't help but buy this stuff, you have no one to blame but yourself.
By the way, where in NC do you live?
Agreed. I call it a volunteer tax. You don't have to pay it unless you want to.
It would be nice if all our taxes were volunteer.