Comments on: Govt. funding now a gamble http://okiedoke.com/blog/?p=236 Vintage Okie opinion with a twist of lime Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:17:12 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Wild Bill http://okiedoke.com/blog/?p=236&cpage=1#comment-439 Wild Bill Tue, 09 Nov 2004 23:00:58 +0000 /?p=236#comment-439 Mike I totally agree. Do you think they will use money from the lottery to teach children not to play the lottery? I linked to this post <a href="http://passionateok.blogspot.com/2004/11/oklahoma-decides-to-gamble-on-its.html"/><b>here</b></a>. Mike I totally agree. Do you think they will use money from the lottery to teach children not to play the lottery? I linked to this post here.

]]> By: Scott Hannan http://okiedoke.com/blog/?p=236&cpage=1#comment-412 Scott Hannan Sat, 06 Nov 2004 17:23:30 +0000 /?p=236#comment-412 Absolutely right! I thought the purpose of taxes was to provide funding for the government. Now we have a ''voluntary tax'' (debatable) for education. However education is absolutely a neccessity for society and should be the last thing we cut and the first thing we fund by public taxation. If the lottery is such a good thing for the citizens of Oklahoma, why don't we take the entire state budget and buy lottery tickets in Texas? ''...buried beneath all the talk of betting, risk and odds, are two simple numbers that the state does not want you to think about. The lottery returns 50 cents on the dollar while the stock market returns 110 cents. Any Fool can see which is the best.'' -- Motley Fool ( http://www.fool.com/fribble/1997/fribble970403.htm ) Absolutely right!

I thought the purpose of taxes was to provide funding for the government. Now we have a ”voluntary tax” (debatable) for education.

However education is absolutely a neccessity for society and should be the last thing we cut and the first thing we fund by public taxation.

If the lottery is such a good thing for the citizens of Oklahoma, why don’t we take the entire state budget and buy lottery tickets in Texas?

”…buried beneath all the talk of betting, risk and odds, are two simple numbers that the state does not want you to think about. The lottery returns 50 cents on the dollar while the stock market returns 110 cents. Any Fool can see which is the best.” — Motley Fool ( http://www.fool.com/fribble/1997/fribble970403.htm )

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