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[–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Lotteries are a tax on hope, not stupidity.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    I've always heard they were a way to recoup tax funding from people below the tax-paying bracket, because they'd be the ones desperate enough to go for it.

    ...which is seemingly more and more at the way we love our income inequality...

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