After banning things, politicians’ second favorite activity is
granting special privileges to a few people who do those same
things—so big casinos flourish, and most states run their own
lotteries. Running lotteries is one of the more horrible things our
governments do. The poor buy the most tickets, and states offer
them terrible odds. The government entered the lottery business
promising to end the “criminal numbers racket.” Now states do what
the “criminals” did but offer much worse odds. Adding insult to
their scam, politicians also spend our tax money promoting
lotteries with disgusting commercials that trash hard work,
implying that happiness comes from hedonism.
Read more: http://reason.com/archives/2013/02/06/big-government-goes-on-a-banning-spree
Read more: http://reason.com/archives/2013/02/06/big-government-goes-on-a-banning-spree
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