Comments on: Arkansas Lottery Watch http://www.thearkansasproject.com/arkansas-lottery-watch/ News and Views on Politics, Policy and More Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:41:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shorter John Brummett http://www.thearkansasproject.com/arkansas-lottery-watch/#comment-402 Shorter John Brummett Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:22:05 +0000 http://www.thearkansasproject.com/?p=1555#comment-402 "Since we're already carrying out one really stupid policy (bailing out financial institutions), we should compound our error with another really stupid policy (extension of state-sponsored gambling)." “Since we’re already carrying out one really stupid policy (bailing out financial institutions), we should compound our error with another really stupid policy (extension of state-sponsored gambling).”

]]> By: blue2red http://www.thearkansasproject.com/arkansas-lottery-watch/#comment-401 blue2red Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:41:31 +0000 http://www.thearkansasproject.com/?p=1555#comment-401 Max Brantley said, "I long ago came to agree with Brummett that paternalism about how poor people spend their money isn't sufficient reason to oppose a lottery." What Brantley and Brummett (sounds like the names of a cartoon duo) don't get is that most of us don't care what how poor people spend THEIR money, the problem we have is when they are spending OUR money that was given to them for food, clothing, shelter, and healthcare on lottery tickets. If we had any legislators worth a shit, then one of them would make sure to prohibit anyone recieving public assistance from winning the lottery. Alas, perhaps Dan Greenberg will file just such a bill only to watch is go crashing down in flames because none of his so-called Republican collegues will back him up. Max Brantley said, “I long ago came to agree with Brummett that paternalism about how poor people spend their money isn’t sufficient reason to oppose a lottery.”

What Brantley and Brummett (sounds like the names of a cartoon duo) don’t get is that most of us don’t care what how poor people spend THEIR money, the problem we have is when they are spending OUR money that was given to them for food, clothing, shelter, and healthcare on lottery tickets.

If we had any legislators worth a shit, then one of them would make sure to prohibit anyone recieving public assistance from winning the lottery.

Alas, perhaps Dan Greenberg will file just such a bill only to watch is go crashing down in flames because none of his so-called Republican collegues will back him up.

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