Welfare vs The Lottery

Perhaps. . .but I don't know of many people who take their weekly/monthly check and go spend it on guns/cars/boats without taking into consideration their other obligations. . .
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That's because folks can rationalize doing the guns/cars/boats thing with credit cards and easy financing. They ain't spending this week's pay without taking into their other obligations into consideration, they're spending next year's pay. ;)

Lord knows I've never lived on frozen burritos and Ramen Pride because I just had to have some rare old Smith revolver. :o
 
And ?
You are saying that people who play the lottery don't ?
Or let me guess, you read something in the paper once about a couple people that went overboard and so it applies to everyone ?

"Gambling is illegal. State lotteries are legal."
Not here.
 
"Perhaps. . .but I don't know of many people who take their weekly/monthly check and go spend it on guns/cars/boats without taking into consideration their other obligations. . ."

And ?
Are you saying that people who play the lottery don't take this stuff into consideration ?



Once we get all the name calling out of our systems, let me ask just how stupid, dumb and irresponsible my friend Pete was when he won several million dollars. He retired and paid off all his kids debts (mortgages, vehicle loans, and the loans they took out to start their own businesses). That is certainly something to be ashamed of.
 
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Ah, I get it now.

I have to confess, however, that if I didn't spend so much money on guns, eating out, and beer, then I'd have a lot more money to spend on really important obligations, like... er, well... guns, eating out, and beer. :o

The baseline thinking behind wanting to outlaw gambling because poor, irresponsible people might not control themselves sounds disturbingly similar to what Sarah Brady says about handguns. :eek:
 
Ah me, welcome to Rome, Rome II (Byzantium), revolutionary France, and the US. All of these powers had both a form of welfare and institutionalized gambling. In the case of lottery's, partially revenue, but also psychological awareness of the nature of societies/people. Lotteries, in these cases were mainly a way of defusing potential trouble (oopsie another riot in the stadium) by selling remote possibilities, to people who often believe that is the only way it will happen for them.
Welfare, oh well, just hope the Alexandria grain ship comes in in time.
Basic political reality, large states function better (for their own interests, not the whole common), by having these things afoot.
 
For one thing, I see a lot of welfare recipients playing the lotto a lot more than they should, with our tax dollars. I'll admit to buying a Powerball ticket or two over the last few years, but it was with my own hard earned money.
 
Back when I lived in Michigan, I always got a kick out of seeing a person buy their groceries with food stamps and then buy $20 worth of lottery tickets with cash.
 
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