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In reply to the discussion: Senior Gambling Addiction Rates Soaring in America, Driven by Corporate Greed, Bad Govt. Policy [View all]exboyfil
(17,863 posts)as greedy. They are seeking revenue sources to fund essential programs (such as education - many lotteries go for education at least as a start). The citizens could be classified as greedy because they demand the services but are unwilling to pay for them. Getting someone else to pay a voluntary tax appears as a less painful source.
That being said the spread of gambling is a horrible idea. I cannot believe the zombiefied faces playing the slots. As I characterize it to my children, my social security payments in part go to make casino owners rich (and allow the states to avoid the hard process of collecting revenues in a more rationale way). In a town I worked in a major OEM supplier has been replaced by a icasino - going from somethng that generates wealth to a parasite. We cannot survive as a country if we continue to do that.