re: #183 Summersong

On TV last night there was a short piece - asking low income people if they were spending more on playing the lottery or if now they spent less. Everyone they asked say, yes, they were spending more - save for one who was spending about the same.

Spending more on the lottery because they need the win money? Stupidity in action. Very sad.

Neal Boortz calls the lottery a tax on the stupid. It’s especially ironic in Georgia because all of our lottery revenues go to education. A student with at least a 3.0 average is eligible for free tuition at any state college in Georgia that is willing to admit them, regardless of their financial means. Basically, the dumb (and frequently poor) residents are paying for the children of the middle and upper classes to attend college.