The Lotto: A stupidity tax.

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Rahie
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The Lotto: A stupidity tax.

#7001783 - 06/02/07 11:29 PM (19 years, 2 months ago)

The bottom of this playing card reads: "It's a tax on stupidity and the money rolls in..."

At this point, you must protest! State Lotteries are the result of the Illuminati planning to so undermine a society that it will fall? That is exactly correct. Look at some of the evils of a State Lottery:

* It distorts the normal flow of money within an economy, drawing huge sums of money away from buying Goods and Services and concentrating that money in the hands of State Governments, whose spending has always further aggravated the economy. Economically, it is always far better to keep the money in the hands of the many consumers, whose spending at the bottom of the economy will stimulate the economy much better than top-heavy government spending.

* The State Lottery encourages people who can least afford it to gamble with their money. Once again, money is taken out of the normal channels of consumer spending. Listen:

"... those living in the most impoverished areas of the state (New York) spent eight times more of their income on lottery tickets than did those living in the most affluent sections." ("Lotteries in the United States: A Brief Overview", by Ronald A. Reno, Citizen Link, Focus On The Family).

Further, many retailers have discovered that people are spending their money on lottery tickets rather than for food and general merchandise! Many children are going hungry at night because the parent(s) have spent too much money on lottery tickets. Thus, State Lotteries hurt Retail Sales, long seen as the backbone of our economy.

* The State Lottery encourages a "Get Rich Quick" mentality, encouraging people to keep trying to get rich instead of gradually increasing their personal wealth through hard work and excellent spending habits. Most people do not realize that the American Industrial Revolution occurred in a very large degree because the individual worker possessed the "Protestant Work Ethic", an understanding that man does not work at his job just for his employer, but "as to the Lord". This work ethic was so widespread that even men who were not saved adopted the values of this work ethic. Thus, employers could count on workers who were honest and would give him a good, solid days' work for a day's pay.

This work ethic is rooted in Christianity -- not Roman Catholicism -- nor in any other religion. This reality is one of the very large reasons the "American experiment" has proven to be virtually impossible to replicate in other nations of the world; however, America is losing this work ethic and our economic doom is certain. State Lotteries discourage people from working hard, working long, and giving a good day's labor for a day's pay.

* State Lotteries have spawned a new form of mental addiction. Listen:

"Lotteries in the United States: A Brief Overview", by Ronald A. Reno, Citizen Link, Focus On The Family.

"Many regard lotteries as a relatively benign form of gambling. However, 43% of callers to the 1-800-GAMBLER national hotline (operated by the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey) indicated problems with lottery gambling ... Many lotteries aggressively market to the poor ... promotional ‘pushes’ (are) targeted as early as possible in the month (when Welfare, payroll, and Social Security payments are dispersed) ... a high percentage of under-age adolescents play the lottery." (Ibid.)

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