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Question: Should the US have a National Lottery?
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« on: August 10, 2007, 09:11:05 PM »

No, as I oppose all forms of government supported gambling.
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« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2007, 09:12:38 PM »

No.  I support legal gambling, but government sponsored gambling is another matter.
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« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2007, 09:25:04 PM »

No, as I oppose all forms of government supported gambling.

No.  I support legal gambling, but government sponsored gambling is another matter.

I agree with both statements.
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« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2007, 10:34:10 PM »

Yes. Great way to raise money. Call it the "stupidity tax">
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« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2007, 10:34:34 PM »

Yes.
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« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2007, 10:35:51 PM »

No.  I support legal gambling, but government sponsored gambling is another matter.

Plus, it's not mentioned in the Constitution.
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« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2007, 11:59:08 PM »

Yes. Great way to raise money. Call it the "stupidity tax">

More accurately, it would effectively turn out to be a tax on the poor.
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« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2007, 12:12:28 AM »

Yes. Great way to raise money. Call it the "stupidity tax">

I hate to agree with BRTD (Tongue), but I've said that identical thing many times.
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« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2007, 12:43:01 AM »

Yes, and use the money to help fund gambling rehabilitation programs....
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« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2007, 12:55:55 AM »

Yes. Great way to raise money. Call it the "stupidity tax">

I hate to agree with BRTD (Tongue), but I've said that identical thing many times.


More accurately, a tax on people who are bad at math. I know the numbers skew heavily to the poor but plenty of comfortable people play too.
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« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2007, 04:43:01 PM »
« Edited: August 11, 2007, 04:47:01 PM by got a friend, her name is boxcar... »

Yes. Great way to raise money. Call it the "stupidity tax">

More accurately, it would effectively turn out to be a tax on the poor.

So do you oppose state lotteries? Would you have voted with the three ultra-conservative counties on this map?



I've never heard of anyone going into bankruptcy or ruin because of a lottery. Even poors aren't going to go starving just because they buy a $1 lottery ticket every now and then. Plus the money can be used to increase welfare programs, which would greatly benefit smart poors who don't buy lottery tickets.
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« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2007, 04:46:23 PM »

Yes. Great way to raise money. Call it the "stupidity tax">

More accurately, it would effectively turn out to be a tax on the poor.

So do you oppose state lotteries? Would you have voted with the three ultra-conservative counties on this map?



And what if he did?

Do you vote based on the "the enemy of my enemy..." maxim?  Say no.  Or say yes, since your credibility in my book is pretty much already shot.
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« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2007, 04:48:48 PM »

I don't, I'm just pointing out that whenever referendums come on lotteries, it's only ultra-conservative counties that oppose them. RBH had a good thread with lots of maps on this, let me see if I can find it.
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« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2007, 04:49:47 PM »

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=55847.0
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« Reply #14 on: August 11, 2007, 04:58:32 PM »

Well, uh, OK.  Interesting, then?
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« Reply #15 on: August 11, 2007, 05:15:19 PM »
« Edited: August 11, 2007, 05:16:54 PM by SoFA Gabu »

I don't, I'm just pointing out that whenever referendums come on lotteries, it's only ultra-conservative counties that oppose them.

Why on earth does that matter?

I'm going to hope that you're not offering it up as an argument against opposing lotteries.
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« Reply #16 on: August 11, 2007, 05:45:05 PM »

Yes, I would vote against a state lottery and it is not only "ultra-conservatives" that oppose them.
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« Reply #17 on: August 11, 2007, 06:02:35 PM »

The election results beg to differ.
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« Reply #18 on: August 11, 2007, 06:12:07 PM »


Is Kanye West an "ultra-conservative" for deriding lottery tickets in his rap songs?  Are socialists "ultra-conservative" for opposing a tax on the poor?

Stop making stupid arguments.  Shouldn't you be at a gun show or something?
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« Reply #19 on: August 11, 2007, 06:13:53 PM »

Also, BRTD, where are the "ultra-liberal" counties in North Dakota to see how they voted?  You know, the ones that support the Marxist revolution?
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« Reply #20 on: August 11, 2007, 06:15:50 PM »


Again, why does it matter?
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« Reply #21 on: August 11, 2007, 06:23:58 PM »
« Edited: August 11, 2007, 06:28:39 PM by got a friend, her name is boxcar... »

Why would I go to a gun show? I don't own any guns or plan on buying any.

I don't care about Kanye West, his music sucks. Government sponsored gambling IS socialist. The non-socialist position would be to completely leave gambling up to the free market. I support both of course, both government-sponsored gambling and gambling in the private sector.

Steele, the only majority white county to vote for Kerry, voted 75% for the lottery, highest in the state.

I'm going to support my state's lottery until I see how it causes any harm, and so far I haven't seen any such harm. Even though I have bought a total of two tickets in my life.
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« Reply #22 on: August 11, 2007, 06:25:31 PM »

Why would I go to a gun show? I don't own any guns or plan on buying any.

I don't care about Kanye West, his music sucks. Some socialists support a lottery, like me.

Steele, the only majority white county to vote for Kerry, voted 75% for the lottery, highest in the state.

I'm going to support my state's lottery until I see how it causes any harm, and so far I haven't seen any such harm. Even though I have bought a total of two tickets in my life.

The election results state that not a single non-ultraconservative person opposes the lottery?
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« Reply #23 on: August 11, 2007, 06:27:39 PM »
« Edited: August 11, 2007, 06:29:16 PM by got a friend, her name is boxcar... »

I'm just saying it's a conservative position.

Why did the most liberal Democrats vote against banning online gambling?
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« Reply #24 on: August 11, 2007, 06:31:57 PM »


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