Critic calls a Mississippi lottery 'new tax' and 'false hope'

Comment #12

sweetie7398 — Mon, 22 May 2017 23:35:09 GMT

Ungrateful, send them back.

Comment #11

Goteki54 — Mon, 22 May 2017 08:45:12 GMT

Critics are like rear ends, everybody and thing has one. Hell, they're people who criticize others who spend their money on luxury items like expensive cars, luury houses etc. Then they're people who criticize how much CEO's make etc etc. If someone wants to take their money and play the lottery, it's their money in which to do so.

Comment #10

TheGameGrl — Mon, 22 May 2017 02:18:40 GMT

This article struck a nerve . Let's give proper credit for some valid facts.

1: the state is profiting at 27% of your money.

2: the guise of which..It's for public programs. Which yet again is a ruse for them to come off as the good guy.

3: The legal legislation is rarely for the people . It is for the money- revenue.

Gambling addiction is alive and well.

Comment #9

OneTrickpony — Mon, 22 May 2017 01:57:07 GMT

Just to show how obstinate and ornery I am, after reading this article I ran out and bought $40 worth of lottery tickets.

Comment #8

Bleudog101 — Sun, 21 May 2017 21:31:43 GMT

That is too funny. Maybe he should send the lotto tickets back to dear old Auntie next time.

Another one trying to run everyone else's life. I thought a referendum was passed there 20 years ago allowing a lottery?

Will some enlighten me? Are their casinos on the water like in Indiana? Indiana repealed that stupid law, of course with all the investments in boats as we call them in KY I doubt they'll build land based casinos any time soon.

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Comment #7

noise-gate — Sun, 21 May 2017 21:05:02 GMT

JT says Every year my aunt sends me $5 worth of lottery tickets for my birthday.

Hope you get the drift of this image JT.

Comment #6

music* — Sun, 21 May 2017 18:56:06 GMT

Lotologist. You make some good points.

Massive administrative costs trying to control people. This has lead to locking up more blacks. Unequal Justice.

Comment #5

Lotologist — Sun, 21 May 2017 18:09:06 GMT

Personally, I see the, give or take, $.27 to each dollar spent on lottery tickets as a donation made to a particular cause dictated by the government.

The writer of the article refers to the lottery as a bad tax. It's inefficient, with much higher administrative costs than other forms of taxation, and it encourages nonproductive, if not downright destructive, behavior. If the lottery wasn't legal in the majority of the country, the drug cartels would probably be running massive illegal lotte... [ More ]

Comment #4

gregs241 — Sun, 21 May 2017 17:02:01 GMT

Reminds me of a line from the movie Animal House: NO MORE FUN OF ANY KIND

Comment #3

Todd — Sun, 21 May 2017 16:56:10 GMT

Good point.

Comment #2

rcbbuckeye — Sun, 21 May 2017 16:43:35 GMT

Well......

Maybe he should get to work on closing casinos too.

Comment #1

destinycreation — Sun, 21 May 2017 16:38:03 GMT

I doubt that this man would feel this way, if he had won some money on the lottery tickets he received from his benevolent Aunt. Money has a way of changing a person's mind and changing a person's reasoning. All this man wants in the first place is the MONEY, as evidenced by the fact that he prefers for his Aunt to send him CASH MONEY. His reasoning about the lottery being some sort of twisted Tax, is B.S. He thinks the lottery is for lower income, less educated people. He does not want to be la... [ More ]

Critic calls a Mississippi lottery 'new tax' and 'false hope'

Lottery Post — Sun, 21 May 2017 16:19:22 GMT

Slams his aunt for sending lottery tickets for birthday gifts rather than cash

The following is a column written by Jameson Taylor, the vice president for policy at the Mississippi Center for Public Policy. It is presented here as an example of how lottery opponents feel they should be able to decide how you live your life, the type of entertainment you should be allowed to enjoy, and how you should spend your money.

Every year my aunt sends me $5 worth of lottery tickets for my birth... [ More ]