The US Lottery is a Lie

lottery is a tax on the poor   Dan lottery building

1) Most lottery tickets are bought in poor neighborhoods People in wealthy neighborhoods don't buy lottery tickets — at least not for the daily

Lotteries sell hope Poor people don't see any way out of crushing poverty except for a random number chance The amount they spend is a small tax rate on the National Lottery Just how fair is a tax on the poor Numerous studies have looked at the distributional impact of taxes

natya lottery Since the poor are buying most of the tickets, it is often seen as a regressive tax or as a “tax on the poor ” Regressive taxation in general can be The lottery is a carefully propagandized, state-sponsored poor tax The rich don't play the numbers in meaningful numbers; why would they?