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Originally Posted by Rick Lee View Post
I stopped at the corner gas station for ice yesterday. As I walked up, there was a respectable-looking, middle-aged man scratching off his long strip of lotto tix before getting into his car. I went inside and got in the long line. The man followed and got in line behind me. Man, we waited forever. I paid, got my ice, walked out and he was standing in front of his car again, scratching off the lotto tix he'd just bought. What is with people?
It is the "stupid" tax: A tax on people of lower intelligence. I have no issue with our government running the lottery, daily numbers, scratch off tickets, etc to keep these things out of crime. But, I have a problem with for profit casinos and with advertising, especially by our government, for any of these things.
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