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theophilus
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:38 PM Original message |
Why not a National Lottery? It would be voluntary not a "tax" and |
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virgogal
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Mostly lower income folks play the lottery. Not a good idea IMHO. |
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theophilus
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I know that is true, but it would be their choice. Many of the teabagger |
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virgogal
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Many of the teabagger folks may play,but so would the inner city poor. |
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Psephos
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. It's well-known that the implicit tax a state lottery represents is highly regressive. |
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roamer65
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. Powerball and Mega Millions already cover all 50 states. |
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Blue_Tires
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Thu Apr-22-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. we already have lotteries in just about every state |
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provis99
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Fri Apr-23-10 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
7. lotteries are regressive. |
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Rex
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Fri Apr-23-10 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. Look how well it worked out for Texas and our public school system. |
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wuushew
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Fri Apr-23-10 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. Bad idea |
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