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Old 01-30-2006, 12:06 PM
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Default Re: 21% Think The Lottery Is The Best Wealth Builder

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Originally Posted by Optsol
I forget the exact quote, and who made it, but the paraphrase is something like:

"the lottery is the most viscious tax on the poor".

It's awful, but it's such a strong profit driver for states, that it'll never go away.
Well, that's true, lotteries will never go away, but who said being poor and not making intelligent choices were synonymous? They always have a choice.
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