Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utcsstat.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsstat!anthony From: anthony@utcsstat.UUCP (Anthony Ayiomamitis) Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Re: Lotteries Message-ID: <2227@utcsstat.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 10:36:06 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsstat.2227 Posted: Fri Jul 12 10:36:06 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 11:27:21 EDT References: <1121@ubc-cs.UUCP> <1110@mnetor.UUCP> <695@lsuc.UUCP> <1218@mnetor.UUCP> <702@lsuc.UUCP> <1243@utcsrRe: Lotteries Organization: U. of Toronto, Canada Lines: 13 How true. Taxes just keep going up and up and up. I think there is a very interesting one-to-one correspondence between taxes and lotteries. The former were created during the war to help offset its cost. For some reason they forgot to do away with taxes once war was over (I wonder why -:)). With lotteries, they were supposedly a one time thing (to help pay for the 1976 Olympics). But these have also stuck around. The government will do ANYTHING to raise money. Especially if there is no public outcry (for example, Lotteries). -- {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!utcsstat!anthony {ihnp4|decvax|utzoo|utcsrgv}!utcs!utzoo!utcsstat!anthony