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Coin Toss — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:06:39 GMT

myturn,

Rdgrnr and sully16 have it right. Some states with lotteries practice voodoo accounting . Whatever goes into bucks for education , for example, is canceled out by something else that sucks the money out of the school funds before the schools even get it.

If that wasn't the case, tens of thousands of teachers would not havde been laid off in the past few years. The schools wouldn't be beging for money for this and that, and they would all have much nicer facilities than they do now.... [ More ]

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sully16 — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:49:50 GMT

I agree.

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rdgrnr — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:43:39 GMT

I respectfully disagree.

I don't know about your country but here in the US, the states aren't much better at handling money than the federal government. The more they get, the more they squander. Then they start projecting revenue before they've gotten it and start spending that.

The people who earn the money are infinitely better at handling it, budgeting it and spending it than any government agency.

The less money the government gets the better.

Support Your State's Economy

myturn — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:25:31 GMT

As State Governments require more revenue, one way to help you state generate additional revenue, is to participate in your state's lottery. You may win the jackpot, or a large prize. But even if you don't win a lottery prize, you will benefit from the additional revenue raised.