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| The lottery - a tax on the Poor?, Do more poor people or rich people play? |
  Dec 27 2002, 04:42 PM
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OK, I'm not sure this belongs here.
I believe (strictly my opinions) that more poor people try the lottery than rich or middle class people do. Rich people and middle class people usually have an education. They learn, in math, probability and odds. As they learn this, they realize that there is almost no chance of winning. A lot of poor people do not have a good education and do not learn this. They want a chance to ''strike it rich''. But most lotterys dont even guarantee a winner. I say that should be illegal. There should be a guarnateed winner every time. i understand that you really cant make the lottery illegal, but there should be a law at least for that. As a Georgian that plans on going to college real soon because i have a nice GPA, i want (altho dont support) the Hope Scholarship. THe Hope Scholarship is a scholarship that pays for 2 yrs of college for anyone with a 3.0 or above GPA (all B's). It is funded by the lottery. It is a democratic program made by the fmr gov. Roy Barnes. Since most poor people dont get too good an education, it is said that the lottery is a tax on the poor to get rich kids to college. As a republican, i believe that the lottery should be illegal. But that sure aint happening. So might as well take advantage of it.  L. Zeved |
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Lord Zeved The lottery - a tax on the Poor? Dec 27 2002, 04:42 PM
otseng The lottery is not exactly a tax on the poor cause... Dec 27 2002, 07:04 PM MadMax I wish all taxes could be so voluntary.
Even poor... Dec 28 2002, 04:48 AM Mega Gigan Lord Zeved, did you ever once consider that the lo... Dec 28 2002, 07:43 AM Wertz
Spoken like a true Republican. :wink2:
I haven... Dec 28 2002, 04:04 PM MadMax
Which is done, a lot of these lotteries, like in ... Dec 28 2002, 06:27 PM Hugo Does anyone else see the obvious hypocrisy with st... Dec 28 2002, 08:15 PM MadMax
If private gambling were legal then the governmen... Dec 28 2002, 09:07 PM otseng Of course it's hypocrisy. What about the fact... Dec 29 2002, 02:59 AM
Hugo Yes, SS is the king of ponzi schemes. Dec 29 2002, 06:20 PM  |
 
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