Joe and RAF, I've always referred to lotteries as 'a tax on the statistically-challenged'...Bill!
--- In [email protected], R A Fonda <rafonda@...> wrote: > > On 12/12/2012 1:24 PM, Joe wrote: > > I see the evil of state and national lotteries for the reason in your > > final clause > > Very true, one might regard them as a tax on the desperate and those > ignorant of the implication of statistics. They are particularly > pernicious in that they make such a /few, huge /payoffs instead of a lot > of much smaller ones. > > RAF > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
