“We can applaud the state lottery as a public subsidy of intelligence, for it yields public income that is calculated to lighten the tax burden of us prudent abstainers at the expense of the benighted masses of wishful thinkers.” StatesTaxesMassBurdenIncomeExpensesYieldThinkerLotteryPrudentSubsidiesTax Burden Author:Willard Van Orman Quine
“European lotteries are the tax on fools.” FoolTaxesGamblingLottery Author:Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
“The smartest thing legislatures can do is get rid of lotteries and get those dollars buying consumer goods and get the sales tax revenues from that” Can DoTaxesDollarsConsumersBuyingGamblingGoodsRevenueLegislatureLotterySales Tax Author:John Warren Kindt
“The lottery is a tax on ignorance, and all the losers that play the game are paying the price for their stupidity.” PlayGamesIgnoranceTaxesStupidityLoserLottery Author:Neal Boortz