Re: Lotteries

Wayne Neidhardt (wneidhar@EDCC.CTC.EDU)
Tue, 21 Jan 1997 09:27:53 -0800

On 1/18/97, Phil Mahler wrote in part:

>
>And it is interesting that some people that won't accept $50 more
>a year in taxes for better schools or roads or anything, will spend
>$20 a WEEK to try to win a lottery.
>

Maybe it's because they like t make their own decisions about how to spend
THEIR OWN money, regardless of the wisdom of those decisions.

Wayne Neidhardt
Mathematics Department
Edmonds Community College
20000 68th Ave. W.
Lynnwood, WA 98036