FYI, the lottery is a regressive tax disproportionately paid by the people who can least afford it, and little of the proceeds actually go to community funding.
We should fund community services by taxing the rich, not by conning working people into thinking they'll become rich.
@Chancerubbage @rbreich
I'm my state, the lottery money does go to education, as advertised.
HOWEVER...
The tax money from the General Fund, that previously would have gone to education, now is used for other projects that would have been more difficult to fund.
Net result is education budget stays the same. Classic bait and switch.
Robert Reich
Chancerubbage
Jay Elbey