Kentucky Democrats propose taxing lottery tickets

Comment #47

jamella724 — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:36:46 GMT

Imposing an additional tax on lottery to fund the ailing pension system of the state maybe a good idea to create fund. However did they ever consider the decrease in sales because of the additional tax? People might refrain from buying tickets due to the additional tax.

Comment #46

Factorem — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:39:32 GMT

Shame on the KY Democratic House leaders.

A lottery ticket is already a 100% voluntary Tax on the players and all this will do is burden the players and the merchants alike with extra change handling in transactions.

The KY Democratic House leaders appears to have little on their table to the extents of developing such poor proposals to be added to the Bluegrass State lottery Rules.

Comment #45

Coin Toss — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:35:59 GMT

The only way I can see taxing lottery tickets is like the Australians do it. Each ticket is $1.03 AUS but a jp winner pays no tax.

Savagegoose once explained this in one of his posts.

Comment #44

Astekblue — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:40:08 GMT

Sad But True Todd Sad But True

I seldom play Ky. anymore the way it is

And if they vote that in ......... it will be the end of me and them all together

And I am sure I am not the only player in Ky. that feels that way

Comment #43

rdgrnr — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:23:30 GMT

Yeah right...

Comment #42

HoLeeKau — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:58:15 GMT

Of course that means they're dropping the 6% tax on winnings, right

Comment #41

noise-gate — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:55:54 GMT

Out here in California its posted. No sales Tax on lottery If the lawmakers ever decided to reverse themselves on that, l think people would simply cut back on playing as much.

California is so revenue driven, if you miss paying for your car registration by one day-they tack on $50.00.

Comment #40

sully16 — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:44:26 GMT

We all may have to go to Kentucky, show of support.

Comment #39

dallascowboyfan — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:53:39 GMT

get rid of the idiots.

Comment #38

rdgrnr — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:00:11 GMT

I hope Kentucky Lottery players make their displeasure with these particular politicians known in future elections.

Comment #37

sully16 — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:38:27 GMT

Tax Sandwich exactly

Comment #36

dallascowboyfan — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:44:43 GMT

Comment #35

mightwin — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 04:55:24 GMT

Lol cuz you know they wouldn't be rounding it down to $1.05, so it would end up a 10% sales tax?!

All hail the penny!

Maybe gettin rid of the penny isn't a good idea

Comment #34

jackpotismine — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:41:08 GMT

Isn't Obama trying to get rid of the penny? If one ticket will cost $1.06, where will players get the penny? Oh, I see. They'll (government) just round it off to $1.10. Those Basstards

Comment #33

OldSchoolPa — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:33:04 GMT

So they want to tax it on the front end as well as the back end! A lottery tax sandwich...a lottery DP...there is not anything the Democrat's don't like to tax. At least the insertion will be lubed with KY. But I do like the switch to the 401k retirement plans, but what they need to do is CONVERT all existing pensions on every level of government to 401k plans. Why should public servants have better retirement plans than private sector workers

Comment #32

DG1USA — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:37:09 GMT

What a bunch of buffoons! My sympathy goes to the fine Kentucky players.

Comment #31

mightwin — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:19:53 GMT

Any history buffs out there? When do you think politicians started looking at the position as a career instead of what it was supposed to be? And when do you think people started thinking like todd describes above. Wouldn't it be great just to give them all the boot and start fresh.

Comment #30

maximumfun — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:10:42 GMT

Comment #29

helpmewin — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:17:07 GMT

Comment #28

Coin Toss — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:14:46 GMT

From the OP:

House State Government Chairman Brent Yonts, D-Greenville, said adding a 6 percent sales tax on lottery games could generate about $49 million a year for the state.

Yo, Chairmon Yonts, no what it's going to do is generate a lotto of Kentucky dollars going into bordering states lotteries.

Typical display of no vision democrat tax and spend thinking.

Comment #27

mightwin — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:34:33 GMT

Ok I guess I should say the same to my employer, hey boss I have too many outgoing transactions in my bank acct I need a raise

Comment #26

Todd — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:14:05 GMT

In theory, that would be great. But unfortunately most people ignore what the politician does, and they vote based on whether the person has a D or R next to their name, or some other factor that is completely unrelated to job performance.

Comment #25

KyMystikal — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:08:24 GMT

Why would he need to play? Don't the people of Kentucky aleady pay. his salary

Comment #24

haymaker — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:56:52 GMT

gonna go out on a limb here and guess this guy proposing this is not a player.

Comment #23

maringoman — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:47:38 GMT

They know we will play no matter what. Its like shooting fish in a barrel, they know they cannot miss lol. I mean didn't they double Powerball ticket prizes and people went on with it? Our disconnection is our undoing. Pretty sad.

Comment #22

Littleoldlady — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:24:02 GMT

I don't think they can openly voice a position. But I feel like this. ..if one state does it,.and gets away with it others will follow. Ky should just set up a 40lK styled pension system for NEW people and be done with it. I feel that the younger generation of folks will not be the kind to stay on a job for 30 years..they will have many jobs (short term)..and the 401K is transportable.

Comment #21

tkr333 — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:21:21 GMT

I dont play much now, add sales tax id probally quit

Comment #20

mightwin — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:18:42 GMT

Does anyone know what the kentucky lottery's position is on this

Comment #19

KyMystikal — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:14:43 GMT

I agree with wasted money in Lottery. The lottery provides money to education, the general fund, housing, and Vietnam veterans. If the state controls lottery why can't they take a certain percentage from those areas, let's say like 2% from them and use that to cover this. I'm not sure about KY but TN's lottey has money going to education but you have to maintain a certain GPA to maintain it. At one time the news had reported the state had a surplus of education benefits because people weren't ma... [ More ]

Comment #18

KyMystikal — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:06:11 GMT

yes @ mightwin

Comment #17

mightwin — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:56:44 GMT

Does kentucky have any self service machines? The ones here don't give anything back, what ya put in you buy.

Comment #16

sully16 — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:55:59 GMT

BRRRRRUUUUUUUUUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Stand up for yourself Kentucky, you deserve better, write the letters, make the phone calls, send e-mails, tell them, they are done walking all over you like your some kind of dirty rug.

Scream from the rooftops if you have to, they have taken enough from you, tell them no MORE

Comment #15

RedStang — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:50:45 GMT

It's simple. Legalize and Tax the Kentucky BlueGrass. Leave the lotto players alone. They would make millions more.

Comment #14

JAP69 — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:49:32 GMT

Spending is not the problem, shortage of tax revenue is.

Comment #13

JAP69 — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:47:18 GMT

They may have a 10% decrease in sales but the other 90% taxed at 6% will go into a different tax pool. A loss for the lottery revenue for what that went to but an increase in revenue for the pension pool.

Obviously increased tax revenue is more important than the lottery revenue after prize payouts.

Comment #12

mightwin — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:42:42 GMT

Instead of trying to locate and fix government waste (you know there's a lot of it) the lazy azzez just say hey let's tax something new.

Comment #11

Saylorgirl — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:28:12 GMT

I'm with you, that is just idiotic!! That is the day I would stop playing the lottery.

Comment #10

Keystone — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:24:38 GMT

If they tax the tickets.............sales will drop by at least 10%.....................so the 6% tax will not be enough to make up for decreased sales.

Comment #9

bomberos — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:13:37 GMT

If the politicians in MY state DARE propose and pass such a tax, I will STOP playing the state lottery! Who's with me

Comment #8

sully16 — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:05:39 GMT

They will suck us all dry, enough is enough!

I hope the lottery players make a stand, if they don't, they deserve what they get.

Try that here Michigan, you will lose.

Comment #7

Todd — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:15:48 GMT

From a gambling standpoint, it's amazing they would even consider this. I understand the Democrats' desire to tax anything and everything in existence, but can they just stop for one second and realize that by making a lottery ticket cost $1.06 instead of $1.00, that they will throw off the entire cost-to-prize equation? Those long odds for winning, and the amount of money you win compared to the amount you spend, just got a lot worse.

It's as if every time you throw down a $10 bet at blackj... [ More ]

Comment #6

Think — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:06:36 GMT

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I guess this answers the question How dumb can they be?

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At one time Lottery winnings in Michigan were free of state income tax and then Michigan started taxing them.

If Michigan were to put a sales tax on tickets I can guess what would happen... [ More ]

Comment #5

jeffrey — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:04:14 GMT

eat the poor as usual.

Comment #4

rdgrnr — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:03:30 GMT

Democrats propose taxing lottery tickets.

What a shock. Anyone surprised?

I think they should have a referendum on this after publishing all of the particulars about the government employees' pensions.

If adjustments have to be made, maybe those employees who voted themselves overly lavish pensions could help out the cause too instead of putting it all on the backs of lottery players. Let them sacrifice a little too. Let them be reasonable and take a little less instead of all of the l... [ More ]

Comment #3

mightwin — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:03:20 GMT

What idiots

Comment #2

JAP69 — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:59:29 GMT

They are doing revenue creation where ever they can find it now.

Comment #1

rooster8786 — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:54:31 GMT

When will politicians learn that it is entirely possible to tax something to death? A sales tax on top of an already paid voluntary tax? How SCHTUPID can this democrat leader be

Kentucky Democrats propose taxing lottery tickets

Lottery Post — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:34:40 GMT

Democratic House leaders want to add a 6 percent sales tax to Kentucky Lottery purchases and expand the selection of lottery games as a way to increase funding for the state's ailing pension system.

House State Government Chairman Brent Yonts, D-Greenville, said adding a 6 percent sales tax on lottery games could generate about $49 million a year for the state. Adding additional games to the lottery could generate an additional $70 million to $90 million, he said.

Combined, Yonts predicted... [ More ]