Comments on Baptists Today Blogs: More chances to lose

Tony . . .Great article.The lottery is a tax. Yes,...

2008-03-31T22:59:00.000-04:00

Tony . . .

Great article.

The lottery is a tax. Yes, it's a tax on a voluntary activity, but all taxes are applied to transactions that are voluntary in nature.
After all, I don't have to have a job, own property, or buy a gallon of milk, but if I do any of those things, I will pay a tax on the transaction.
Same goes for buying a lottery ticket.

And, it gets even worse. The state's appeal is dishonest. To attract players, the state's advertising must highlight the possibility of winning. But winners don't pay for schools, losers do.
So, while glorifying the unlikely event of a big win, the state is really interested in creating, not winners, but losers, because it's the losers that pay the freight.
And that, friends, in almost any other endeavor, will get you a date with the district attorney.
It's a disgraceful way to raise revenue.

Fortunately, in Alabama, we defeated a lottery mea...

2008-03-31T20:28:00.000-04:00

Fortunately, in Alabama, we defeated a lottery measure. While I was glad the measure was defeated, I was less than thrilled with the fact that the lotto's defeat was due, I think, in larger part to conservatives concerned more with defeating the evil of gambling than with anything to do with the economics of it.

Hopefully, Alabama's gotten the lotto bug out of its system. Hopefully. And if not and it comes up again, I hope rational heads prevail and it's defeated again.

Tony, Thank you for your consistent biblical stanc...

2008-03-31T18:20:00.000-04:00

Tony,

Thank you for your consistent biblical stance on the NC Lottery.

Regards,

Les