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TAT
Lv 7
TAT asked in Politics & GovernmentGovernment · 8 years ago

I just read an article indicating that Americans spend as much on lottery tickets as they do the Afghan war.?

So, why not start a defense lottery and pay for it that way?

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  • 8 years ago
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    Good idea. California started one to augment school funds but the state pulled away a lot of the other funds and the augmentation never happened.

    I suggest all tax forms include a list of all government operations. Citizens could put what percentage of their taxes goes where. If no one will contribute to certain operations they should shut down.

    Source(s): For decades I studied philosophies, cultures, and social institutions. I began that because of confusion resulting from my military experience under the shadow of neo-Marxist anti-military and anti-capitalism indoctrination in the universities. I continue a forty year quest wading through the huge pile of stinking crap a wide variety of bigots dumped on top of truth hiding it from nearly everyone's view. The pile was made by blaming people they don't like while excusing people they do like regardless of where the fault really lies.
  • john
    Lv 4
    8 years ago

    I don't pay for the war or play the lottery, haha!

  • 8 years ago

    They use the money for schools and elderly. Same idea, cause that leaves more money for military.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Its called OBAMACARE

    Source(s): the lucky ones get a death panel full of non medical members who will argue about your services as you lay there in a corner rotting to death.
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