[Peace-discuss] taxes for school

Karen Medina kmedina at illinois.edu
Wed Oct 22 19:26:08 CDT 2008


Wayne wrote:>   The lottery is a tax on foolishness.

Of course it is. And gambling is a tax on stupidity .. but the money doesn't go 
toward increasing wisdom anywhere. 


> I also agree that it would be hard to make sure the money actually goes to
> education -- I remember well the failed promises of the lottery. Though a tax
> on foolishness would be somewhat poetic if it paid for wisdom.



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