by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I would much rather be seen buying porn than a lottery ticket, and, yet, I keep playing the lottery. The lottery is a tragic regressive tax on poor people like me. But I will say that the lottery pays for itself in the amount of hope and entertainment it gives me.
Take today, for instance — the Mega Millions payout is about $1 billion. I know I’m not going to win, but I feel the itch to at least play so I can daydream about how I would make the world a better place if I won.
I have some very specific (big) ideas about what I would do if I won.
But, alas, it’s just daydreams.
So, in general, I would say don’t play the lottery. It’s designed to soak the poor by giving them hope.
