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<blockquote data-quote="DriveInDriѵeOut" data-source="post: 1875935" data-attributes="member: 44954">Ah yes, won&#039;t someone think of the children lol.I don&#039;t disagree with their good intentions anymore than I do with the people who want to reduce gun violence.I simply disagree with the means they want to accomplish it.In the case of the lottery, here, it funnels hundreds of millions of dollars to low income students for college tuition.&nbsp; That&#039;s a good thing of course.&nbsp; However, overall it does a disadvantage to the poor people who play the lottery since on average they end up spending 5-10% of their income on it. &nbsp;And then of course there&#039;s the problem we have here where republicans decided pretty much anyone can get that money, not just the poor.&nbsp; So now upper middle class families who don&#039;t even need the money are taking it away from the most disadvantaged.&nbsp; Maybe that&#039;s fair, maybe it&#039;s not, but either way it&#039;s not what people voted for when they approved the lottery.Good intentions, bad execution.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DriveInDriѵeOut, post: 1875935, member: 44954"] Ah yes, won't someone think of the children lol. I don't disagree with their good intentions anymore than I do with the people who want to reduce gun violence. I simply disagree with the means they want to accomplish it. In the case of the lottery, here, it funnels hundreds of millions of dollars to low income students for college tuition. That's a good thing of course. However, overall it does a disadvantage to the poor people who play the lottery since on average they end up spending 5-10% of their income on it. And then of course there's the problem we have here where republicans decided pretty much anyone can get that money, not just the poor. So now upper middle class families who don't even need the money are taking it away from the most disadvantaged. Maybe that's fair, maybe it's not, but either way it's not what people voted for when they approved the lottery. Good intentions, bad execution. [/QUOTE]

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