Xref: utzoo news.admin:7843 can.general:2240 Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!eci386!jmm From: jmm@eci386.uucp (John Macdonald) Newsgroups: news.admin,can.general Subject: Lotteries was: warning: scumbags using usenet for pyramid schemes Message-ID: <1989Nov30.182532.2819@eci386.uucp> Date: 30 Nov 89 18:25:32 GMT References: <15389@vlsisj.VLSI.COM> <667@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> <1989Nov19.004703.16570@rpi.edu> <1229@svx.SV.DG.COM> <256C7976.372@rpi.edu> <1989Nov28.170119.718@eci386.uucp> <75@van-bc.UUCP> Reply-To: jmm@eci386.UUCP (John Macdonald) Organization: R. H. Lathwell Associates: Elegant Communications, Inc. Lines: 14 In article <75@van-bc.UUCP> sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) writes: | [...] |Lotteries in Canada are really an alternate form of taxation. A fairly |regressive one in that the funds are generally solicted from the types of |people who can usually least afford it. And are hyped by slick mega buck |advertising campaigns. I tend to refer to lotteries either as "voluntary taxation" or "stupidity tax" depending on my mood (and whether I've contributed any money to one in the preceding year or not... :-). -- 80386 - hardware demonstrating the fractal nature of warts. | John Macdonald EMS/LIM - software demonstrating the fractal nature of warts. | jmm@eci386 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com