So, the Tar Heel state finally gets a lottery. This makes us the 42nd state in the country with state-sponsored gambling. Governor Mike Easley has been trying to push an education lottery into law since he took office a bazillion years ago, however because we still have one foot in the bible belt the idea was pooh-poohed.
There have been all kinds of arguments against it; my personal favorite is that lottery tickets are a tax against poor people who can't help themselves from gambling because they're uneducated and don't know how to handle money.
Personally, I don't care one way or the other. I don't plan on sinking any money into scratch-off tickets in the near future. I do hope that the lottery doesn't get eaten up in administrative costs so badly that the educational institutions that are supposed to be benefitted by it never see a cent.
Posted by Tiffany at March 30, 2006 05:44 PM | TrackBackIt is a tax on morons, rich morons, poor morons, all the morons. If you aren't a moron you won't be taxed. It's very simple. The lottery in Texas was the same way only we were slapped around with endless ads and bill boards.
Posted by: diana at March 31, 2006 07:23 AM