Under the guise of "helping" the poor, it's another encroachment on state and individual rights.
Also, none other than Alexander Hamilton played the lottery. The 1st Continental Congress authorized a lottery to help pay for the Revolutionary War.
"Everybody, almost, can and will be willing to hazard a trifling sum for the chance of considerable gain." - A. Hamilton
Marx hated money lenders as he was hopeless at management.
LOL, this idiot just figured out what government is all about and he still doesn't understand it. There is so much truth in that statement lets go down the list:
1) Government has utterly failed to provide adequate education
2) and public services
3) Advertising to exploit the desperation of poor people
4) Raise revenue that funds other peoples public services
This guy has it exactly right, he nailed it and still gets the conclusion utterly wrong.