I live in South Carolina also. I am for the lottery for one reason. If people are willing to spend their money on lottery tickets, then the state needs to capitalize off of the funds for education. I was in a way for video poker as well for the same reason. If people were willing to throw away their hard earned money on "foolishness" the state needs to take advantage of this. I can't see taxing the people each and every time you need money. Just the other day my mother received her property tax bill, and just the county tax alone was $900 plus dollars!! This is for a small county with 30,000 people.
Again if it is for the purpose of education or lowering taxes then I am for it. Some other states have lotteries for the same reason and their school systems are achieving. South Carolina has some of the worst school ratings and we need to bring the schools up to par with the rest of the nation.
Sorry for the long post.
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