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   From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Stephen Harding"  wrote in message news:10i9t1j$330hh$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   On 12/21/25 12:29 PM, Webbster wrote:   
      
   >>   
   > And this is all buy design by billionaires.  The poorer YOU are, the   
   > richer THEY are.   
      
   The economy isn't a zero sum game.  Someone who has lots of money hasn't   
   taken it away from those without.  The economy doesn't work that way.   
      
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   Billionaires may not be taking much from the poor but state and multi-state   
   lotteries are.   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-State_Lottery_Association   
      
   https://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2024/08/grinding-the-faces   
   of-the-poor-through-the-lottery/   
      
   "Lotteries are clearly a form of regressive tax, to put it gently; to put it   
   less gently, it clearly preys on poor people who are desperate for a break.   
   “The average adult living in the poorest 1% of zip codes spends almost 5%   
   (or $600 annually) of their income on lottery tickets” Again, these are   
   people who can’t afford root canals for their kids and other basics."   
      
   $2 a day on Powerball is $730 a year. I can get 3 cavities filled for that   
   after my yearly insurance benefit maxes out. Don't ask where, I try hard to   
   stay on their good side. They have a jar labeled "Ashes of problem   
   patients".   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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