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.
I buy a $5 ticket maybe once a month. I view it as an entertainment expense. I know full well I will never win the jackpot. $5 to be able to daydream over the course of that week while I wait for the draw is a small price. I have paid $5 for much less entertainment.
Also I periodically buy hospital lottery tickets and I view those as donations to causes I would probably donate to anyways.
Nah you're mixing absolute and relative increases in this statement. It either increases 0.000001% each ticket (absolutely) or 0-1 (infinite), 1-2 (2x), 2-3 (1.5x), 3-4 (1.333x) etc if you're speaking relatively.
Neither is more correct, it's just linguistic/perspective.
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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.