Is this just a disguise for a way to tax the fundamentally stupid and the poor?
2006-08-19 11:16:45 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Probably!
Where shall I take you with the winnings from the last lottery?
2006-08-19 11:41:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well I have never thought of it like that but you have a point. Take it a step further and its also like a simple distribution of wealth all around, although the universal winner is the lottery company. If you had made a million on the lottery, you wouldn't be asking the question I suspect. I think we would all be happier playing the lottery if say, 100% of profits went to build a great health service again ......
As a final thought, think about the benefit system in the UK ... that is a simple way to redistribute wealth ..... and not a bad way at that. The trouble is that people use and abuse it and take the dividends when they don't even need it, usually by fraud.
2006-08-19 11:32:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We've all played the lottery at some stage, so it's not just the poor and the stupid who get ripped off! The National Lottery is an equal opportunities con.
2006-08-19 11:21:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think of it as the poor shelling out and plugging the gap for what this arsehole government should be contributing to the needs of charities eh you snobby bit*h
I'm not very well off but I'll go toe to toe with you if yer up for it because I definitely aint fundamentally stupid.
I hope you never end up in an hospice lass. How do you think they are funded?
2006-08-19 11:23:13 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We all waste money on something, I can afford to waste it but everyone has the same choice. National - state or overseas, people will gamble if they want to. They already tax the fundamentally stupid.
2006-08-19 11:23:59 · answer #5 · answered by Wolfpacker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably. I was just about to ask a different lottery related question., I will do. But it allows one to dream, and funds things that are probably good for society. There is a lack of democracy in the distribution of funds, though.
2006-08-19 11:22:16 · answer #6 · answered by Leo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So who forces people to buy the tickets??
And what about all the good causes that have been helped by the lottery money.
2006-08-19 11:23:03 · answer #7 · answered by Jude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than likely, but how long had you been doing the lottery before you too came to that conclusion.
2006-08-19 11:22:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, they do say if you aren't in it you can't win it and who knows, you might be the 1 in 14 million with a lucky ticket?
2006-08-19 11:27:04 · answer #9 · answered by blondie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't all life a lottery
2006-08-19 11:23:11 · answer #10 · answered by Useless 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋