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Article #66Re: Lottery
From: Doug Andersen
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 19:53
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 19:53
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In article <l7itnhINNi6e@boogie.cs.utexas.edu>, swisher@cs.utexas.edu (Janet M. Swisher) writes: > davidc@montagar.lonestar.org (David L. Cathey) writes: > > >Actually, it is a gambling tax. I choose to think of it as a Stupidity Tax, > >a tax that I have been wanting to see for quite some time... > > No, it is an IGNORANCE tax. We have a public educational system that > does a miserable job of educating people, and then we tax the people > who have the random bad luck of not having had better opportunities. > How enlightened. Lighten up. Has it even occurred to you that people might be very aware of the poor odds of the lottery but still enjoy playing it? The idea that everyone who enjoys playing the lottery is ignorant or stupid is off the mark. (and yes, I've probably bought $10 worth of lottery tickets since it started. BFD). -- Doug Andersen hari@Sugar.NeoSoft.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!news.dell.com!natinst.com!cs.utexas.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!hari From: hari@NeoSoft.com (Doug Andersen) Newsgroups: tx.general Subject: Re: Lottery Summary: Lighten Up Message-ID: <1992Jul31.195309.3117@NeoSoft.com> Date: 31 Jul 92 19:53:09 GMT References: <712332331.1@mdf.FidoNet> <21210@rpp386.lonestar.org> <l7itnhINNi6e@boogie.cs.utexas.edu> Distribution: tx Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900 Lines: 22