Candidate Disqualified
In his campaign ads, in running for the U.S. Senate, Bill Halter is bragging about how much college tuition money the lottery is bringing in for scholarships. His argument is that he has been able to do all this without rasing taxes. This is a ruse. It certainly does not qualify him to represent us in the Congress. He either doesn’t realize what he is saying or he is purposely deceptive. In either case he is not qualified! The implication is that he has raised all this money with no cost to anyone! Wrong!!
Neither does a state government nor the federal government have any money except what it receives from the citizens in taxes and fees. It has no way of making money if it stays within the bounds of its constitution. Operating a lottery costs a lot of money, but there is no profit to cover the cost, so it has to come out of the participants’ money. The only money available is the losers’ money, which includes that of nearly all the participants. This means all that money deprives the participants and also keeps it out of the market place where they would receive goods and services, which, in turn, would improve the economy and help keep them off welfare or out of poverty. It would also keep some of the losers’ money out of investments which would bring them profits, increasing their own assets, and further help the economy. Halter’s claim is very faulty and wrong! It is scary and very unwise for anyone, with this kind of twisted reasoning, to be put in the senate to handle our tax money. It would be interesting to know if he participates in the lottery. If he does, that further proves his disqualification to be a senator or any other public official! – Lowell E. McCoy
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