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"Mike" writes:
| "Sacha" wrote in message
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| My step daughter describes Lotto as 'a tax for the stupid'.....
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| Well you would say that wouldn't you? I started the thread :-))

Well, so would I - and it has nothing to do with you personally. As
many of us predicted, the promise that it would be only for things
that were not appropriate for funding out of taxation was kept only
for a couple of years. And the fact that much (most?) of the money
isn't spent for extended periods is definitely a hidden form of
taxation.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.