N.C. bill keeps 'education' in lottery for now

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dallascowboyfan — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:10:03 GMT

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helpmewin — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:10:29 GMT

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rdgrnr — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:45:33 GMT

It will cost $8 Million to stop calling it the education lottery, what a great idea in these times of tight money.

There oughta be a law that anybody seeking a job in government is interviewed and then banned from it for life.

Cuz government jobs seem to attract people with crazy ideas.

We should Draft people for all public sector jobs.

Or just pick people out of the phone book at random.

And only hire them if they don't want the job.

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billionaire2bee — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:36:58 GMT

Im sorry....this is my state wasting money again......with all the big winners we've had here lately I dont think most people would care if the decided to call it The NC state butthole lottery tax ........LOL

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sully16 — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:47:30 GMT

Yep, they are wasteful, thoughtless and filled with hubris.

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Todd — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:35:20 GMT

Aren't you glad your government spends its time (and your money) debating the use of the word 'education

N.C. bill keeps 'education' in lottery for now

Lottery Post — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:35:09 GMT

The North Carolina Education Lottery is keeping the education in its name at least for now.

A bill debated Wednesday by a House judiciary committee and aimed at reeling in advertising for the state-run lottery originally directed the lottery to stop using the word education in its advertising.

But the bill's chief sponsor said he would pull that prohibition because he didn't want to make the cost of such a rebranding drag down the bill, which he said is designed to bring more truth to what... [ More ]