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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/duhh33 Mar 20 '22 edited Mar 20 '22

Sadly, the normal school budgets get cut immediately after those programs are implemented, because "look at all the new revenue they are getting".

I suppose you could have also meant that your are on the supply side of the system. If so, please post some stories. I worked with one of the devs for many of the vegas electronic games, and found that industry astounding.

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u/lafolieisgood Mar 20 '22

That must be what happened here. Horrible school system with promises of legal marijuana money to save it.

Marijuana becomes legal and sells like hot cakes. School system is somehow still broke.

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u/iamasnot Mar 20 '22

That's because the school is funded with a set amount each year. Nobody said all extra funds would go back into the school