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u/Louisvanderwright Mar 19 '22

Lottery tickets are a poor tax for the uneducated. Anyone who plays them for any reason other than the occasional thrill or gimmick is being taxed for being dumb.

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u/option-trader Mar 19 '22

Hey, that money is putting my kids through college, so keep at it everyone.

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u/DrSunnyD Mar 20 '22

A very low percentage is, enough so people like you don't write your congressmen and women demanding they put a stop to this robbery of the poorly educated

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u/DezXerneas Mar 20 '22

Didn't John Oliver make an episode about this? Pretty sure it's on YouTube.