11-29-2012, 06:19 PM
(11-29-2012, 06:07 PM)username Wrote: I seem to recall when they started the lottery here that was supposed to save the schools.
Grrrrrr.
Yeah, and that was very transparent to anyone who looked at the measure literature and read between the lines a bit.
I don't know anyone else who voted against it. I don't like to be misled and think we've got enough addictions at our disposal without putting gambling at every corner store and disguising it as "for the children". Having said that, I don't really care if people like the lottery and play it regularly - I get the fun of "hoping". I don't play because I'm stubborn, don't have the money, and don't wanna be a hypocrite (about that).
Everyone in my family plays the lottery regularly; black sheep here. They tell me that when they hit the big one, I'm not gettin' a damn dime.
As heartbroken as that makes me, I carry on and continue to save the $30 avg per week that they invest in order to get their avg $10 weekly winnings. Sounds a bit like the tax strategy in Maggot's OP, right?
