State Lotteries are a tax on poor, the hopeful needy. Honestly any state that allows Lotteries are simply deferring the proper flow of economic freedom.
I can not think of a worse idea then the idea of a Lottery. When I was a young boy I grew up in a small town in Utah. Everyone worked, everyone played and life was generally good. The doors were not locked at night, the neighbourhood people took care of each other. Now I live in a place where people don’t even look at each other let a lone even have the desire to take care of each other. As I grew up my parents sent me to spend summers with my grandparents to work. In Moffat County Colorado I had the fine experience to learn about people and work ethics.
One beautiful Colorado morning I was riding my bike to 7-11 to get some candy for the day, and I saw a couple, old by my young eyes then, but now as I remember probably in their 30′s who looked so sad so depressed. They were dirty messy, generally un kept. I slowly rode pass them and heard them discussing the shopping list for food. I continued on my way.
Once at the 7-11 I searched for the perfect little candy that I could get with my 50 cent’s. I found a baby ruth and walked up to the check out. Funny thing was I was behind the people I had passed, I guess I spent a little more time searching then I thought!
I heard the man order a lotto ticket, watched him scratch it off, and then order 2 more. At a dollar a piece that’s not terribly expensive however I dropped my jaw when I saw what happened next. The clerk totalled the order and it was over the amount of money he had. As the clerk asked what he wanted to put back I was in shock, the man said “I am sorry I just spent the kids milk money on lotto tickets. I will go put it back.” I was appalled as I saw a pack of smokes and a can of chew up there with a loaf of bread.
I learned then that Gambling is an addiction and like any addiction it changes the way men and women think.
This man and this woman were fine to spend money on lotto tickets, smokes, and chew. All of which is more important then milk for the children.
State Lotteries are a tax on stupidity, all a State Government has to do is start one and the money rolls in…
PROOF
- They distort economic freedom of choice due to addiction.
- The normal flow of money that exists within a micro economy draws fiat money, large amounts of money away from buying Goods and Services.
- This shifts the balance of fiat money out of consumers hands and concentrates that supply directly to State Governments.
- Government spending increases to the point of using all of the excess supply.
- The State Lottery encourages the impoverished whom should never gamble to take a chance, take that risk, when they are the ones who can least afford it.
- 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).
- Local small business is hurt by Lotteries. Many retailers have discovered that people are spending their money on lottery tickets rather than for food and general merchandise! The small business man is what has made America great.
- 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.
Please take time to understand that work = happiness. A get rich scheme = sadness.
Please join me and start protesting state lotteries! Lets make our States responsible for a balanced budget, and then use the states to leverage our Gov to start attempting to Balance it’s budget.
The bottom line is State Lotteries create an environment that undermines a society and its people and unless fixed that states society will fall prey to Federal Governmental intervention.
