Gus-the "Joe Camel" of Pennsylvania-it's time to go

Lottery total revenue last year: Approximately $3.2 Billion.

Scratch off ticket revenue: $1.7 billion

Profit: $980 million

Clearly, the lottery is a big part of the PA Budget. Hey, it benefits older Pennsylvanians. But we shouldn't be promoting it any longer with a ubiquitous Groundhog.

As states weigh the options of $50 scratch off tickets, and possibly even higher-priced tickets in the future, we should be looking at the way we're promoting this regressive tax. Simply, Gus must go.

He's Joe Camel. Joe went a long time ago. It's time for Gus to join him.

Check out my op-ed in the Daily News here for more.

Ha.

So violent, AJ:

I'VE NEVER been hunting and don't recall ever holding a gun. I never saw my father's service revolver from his days as a Philadelphia police officer.

But despite a healthy anti-gun attitude, I find myself with an urge to shoot something for the first time in my life. Gus the Groundhog must die.

....

For his part in helping to promote the sad, regressive taxation of instant lottery tickets to toddlers and elementary school students, Gus, the de facto most famous groundhog in Pennsylvania, must die.

I'll put one in him for you, Phil.

Wow

Someone actually read it. Thanks, Dan.

I'm anti-gun, except against anthropomorphic rodent gambling advocates.

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