Oklahoma lottery, teachers on strike

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Soledad — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 18:19:31 GMT

John Oliver talked about the lottery for about 15 minutes on his show. He hit the nail on the head. Hilarious.

He said that North Carolina spends less on education now than when the lottery began. They replaced corporate income taxes that used to fund education and replaced that with lottery money. Cringeworthy indeed.

Reply #6

clifford1944 — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:37:39 GMT

Most people here are wondering where that money went. Of course the gov woman is not seeking re-election.

Reply #5

Lucky Loser — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 23:57:16 GMT

Well, I'd like to take a shot at this. In my opinion, this a triple compounded issue with which first, teachers really aren't paid well enough for the multifaceted jobs they perform. In addition to educating our kids, they they assume mentoring, care giving, parenting, and sometimes babysitting duties. As of lately, they're also being propositioned to become security enforcers-protectors of those same kids...for a 'bonus.' I won't delve into any of that because this isn't the place but, the obvi... [ More ]

Reply #4

Coin Toss — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 23:22:43 GMT

Missouri;

http://www.molottery.com/where_the_money_goes/dese.shtm

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Joseph Goebbels (Hitler's propaganda minister) would be proud of this one

Reply #3

Coin Toss — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 14:56:40 GMT

From the Illinois lottery site;

Supporting Our Community

While the Illinois Lottery strives to maximize revenue for the Common School Fund and Capital Improvements, our real passion is to make Illinois a better place for you and your family. To achieve this, we partner with organizations that help people in need, support problem gambling, improve healthcare and education, increase supplier diversity and elevate all six regions the Lottery touches throughout the state. Our community support... [ More ]

Reply #2

Coin Toss — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 05:12:25 GMT

Thanks Soledad. Many people believe that the lotteries do in fact pit lottery proceeds into the school systems, BUT take out an equal or greater amount somewhere else in that same system.

I cringe at the mention of the North Carolina Education Lottery. That's just about an in-your-face to the players and the schools.

Reply #1

Soledad — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 04:56:55 GMT

Thank you Coin Toss. I agree. I have also said it. How much do they give? Not as much as one might think. I don t know exactly how much the Oklahoma Lottery itself makes in a year, but I saw that their DOE annual budget was $3 billion. The lotteries very early before last century, were ideas for raising funds to assist in public works projects. Then they were banned. Then they came back. And now it seems like the only thing that matters is higher ticket sales; which they ve done in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma lottery, teachers on strike

Coin Toss — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 04:32:11 GMT

There have been discussions here at LP about lottery money going to schools,

Consider Oklahoma, whose teachers are on strike.......

This from the Oklahoma lottery website;

More than $376 million contributed to elementary and secondary education.

The Oklahoma State Legislature appropriates 45% of funds in the Oklahoma Lottery Education Trust Fund to elementary and secondary education, K-12. Funding can be used for things such as compensation for public school teachers, support employe... [ More ]