I am opposed to the lottery. Why, you might ask, would a freewheeling, godless, moral non-absolutist like myself, oppose the lottery? Tax on the poor?
Hell no. the poor can buy whatever crap they like in my opinion.
I hate the lottery for aesthetic reasons. I hate going to a convenience store late at night to buy a soda and chips and having to wait in line behind people bending over scratch tickets for 15 minute intervals. Plus, these people always include those two old ladies who lived with Dean Stockwell in 'Blue Velvet' and the chicken-fried version of Alex's Milk Bar gang from 'A Clockwork Orange.'
Lottery people give the creeps. That alone is worth a higher moral stance.
