Many state governments run lotteries, claiming that this revenue-raising service is good for communities. But these programs advertise under false pretenses in order to exploit the poor. It’s time they were abolished. States currently use lotteries to bring in $68 billion per year in revenue, functioning essentially as a regressive tax. 61 percent of people in the lowest income quintile gambled in the past year, compared to 42 percent for the upper three quintiles. Poorer citizens tend to gamble more, even though they can least afford to. Gamblers in the lowest income quintile gambled over 150 percent more than those...
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