I was in a club owned by a friend a few moths ago. He told me the lottery people had just replaced the software in the Keno system. Net result, according to him, was the new system has the ability to instantly calculate ways to avoid paying off players .... Instantly!
Doesn't make sense to me how the state can happily take money from drunks in bars and not return it to the state in higher payouts for education and other deserving programs.
You are obviously assuming that the people in government positions believe that responsibly serving their constituents is their primary objective.
Do you live in Oregon? I used to live in Portland until about 2 years ago. I miss Portland in a lot of ways, despite its granola liberalism, Vera Katz etc. I sure do not miss Oregon personal income tax, however.