Tag: Oregon Lottery

Cajoled by slick marketing schemes and advertising paid for an promoted by the government, poor people are voluntarily giving up 1/5th of their income in the hope of improving their lives. David Cay Johnston, in his column for Tax.com says that while most state lotteries were sold as a means to raise money for schools, “Ticket sales have to rise by 21 percent just to make up for the reduction in money going to education.”