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In article <72658907125022@skeeve.mcs.anl.gov> rackow@skeeve.mcs.anl.gov (Gene Rackow) writes:
>Since the
>Lottery is completely run by the state, and supposedly to help the schools,
>WHY are the school systems in such financial trouble.  Mismanagement is
>part of the problem, but it's also true that for many years the lotto money
>did NOT go to the school system as intended.

The money from the lottery does indeed go to education.  The trouble is
that instead of augmenting the money already being spent on education it
replaced it, thereby freeing those funds for other purposes.  Even though
technically the lottery revenues are placed in the education coffer, the
reality is that it's just another source of income for the state.  The
person who called it a stupidity tax pretty much hit the nail on the head.

Cheers,
    -Ken K
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Ken Konecki
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"Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery"