Comments on: Arizona Pioneers a Really, Really Bad Idea http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/07/arizona_pioneer.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bill Beeman http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/07/arizona_pioneer.html/comment-page-1#comment-3433 Bill Beeman Wed, 19 Jul 2006 02:14:26 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/07/arizona_pioneer.html#comment-3433 <p>This has the same flaw as tax funded 'Get Out the Vote" campaigns. I really believe that if one has to be dragged to the polls (or induced by such a silly bribe) you are almost sure to be an uninformed voter. </p> <p>Craig is correct in the link between income, lottery participation, and voting Democrat, so it is obvious who will be the beneficiary of this idiot scheme.</p> This has the same flaw as tax funded ‘Get Out the Vote” campaigns. I really believe that if one has to be dragged to the polls (or induced by such a silly bribe) you are almost sure to be an uninformed voter.

Craig is correct in the link between income, lottery participation, and voting Democrat, so it is obvious who will be the beneficiary of this idiot scheme.

]]> By: Todd K. Moyer http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/07/arizona_pioneer.html/comment-page-1#comment-3432 Todd K. Moyer Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:05:15 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/07/arizona_pioneer.html#comment-3432 <p>Hey, that's pretty disturbing, but what about this idea: every dollar you pay in income taxes gets you 1 chance in a multi-million dollar lottery. Think of the dilemma for all the lottery-ticket-purchasers who are also tax evaders!</p> Hey, that’s pretty disturbing, but what about this idea: every dollar you pay in income taxes gets you 1 chance in a multi-million dollar lottery. Think of the dilemma for all the lottery-ticket-purchasers who are also tax evaders!

]]> By: Maurice Sonnenwirth http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/07/arizona_pioneer.html/comment-page-1#comment-3431 Maurice Sonnenwirth Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:39:29 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/07/arizona_pioneer.html#comment-3431 <p>You don't mean that the marginal voters will turn out to be the same folks spending a goodly percentage of their welfare checks on lottery tickets, do you? I'm aghast at that kind of thinking!</p> <p>Of course, you are absolutely correct. The only logical objection I would have to what you write is that most of the voters already don't know enough about basic economics, history, philosophy, how government really works (or doesn't) anyway. Then again, the same could be said of a lot of our elected politicians too...</p> You don’t mean that the marginal voters will turn out to be the same folks spending a goodly percentage of their welfare checks on lottery tickets, do you? I’m aghast at that kind of thinking!

Of course, you are absolutely correct. The only logical objection I would have to what you write is that most of the voters already don’t know enough about basic economics, history, philosophy, how government really works (or doesn’t) anyway. Then again, the same could be said of a lot of our elected politicians too…

]]> By: Craig L http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/07/arizona_pioneer.html/comment-page-1#comment-3430 Craig L Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:47:21 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/07/arizona_pioneer.html#comment-3430 <p>Also, it is well-known that poor people are more likely to play the lottery. These same people are likely to vote Democratic more often, so it will be interesting to see who supports this initiative.</p> Also, it is well-known that poor people are more likely to play the lottery. These same people are likely to vote Democratic more often, so it will be interesting to see who supports this initiative.

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