I do agree with you that lotteries take from the stupid and give to the government
That sounds... awesome... when you put it like that! Lotteries may become my new favourite taxation method.
It gives the government a bit of a moral hazard in its role as arbiter and funder of the education system.
And of course any good could be picked and given to the government as a monopoly and then one might think this a good way to fund the government as the funding becomes "voluntary." The government might as well give itself a monopoly for selling marijuana, cocaine, heroin, X, etc. and that might then become our NEW new favourite taxation method.
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