- Council Committee Passed the Freeze
- Carol Campbell Passes Away
- My first trip to the public library
- Fight digital exclusion
- What if half of Philadelphia didn't have roads?
- You know, let's not even worry about the City Commissioners office messing up voter registration processing
- Bold ideas to fix the budget
- Mayor Nutter's Town Hall Meeting Schedule
- City Releases Library Information to City Council
- Size of Philadelphia government?
Gus-the "Joe Camel" of Pennsylvania-it's time to go
Submitted by AJThomson on Fri, 02/01/2008 - 11:32am.
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:
Wow
Someone actually read it. Thanks, Dan.
I'm anti-gun, except against anthropomorphic rodent gambling advocates.
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