The Tos & Froms of the Lottery
By John Hood
Carolina Journal
RALEIGH – “It’s more of a dictatorship in the Senate. You’ve got four or five people, maybe two, calling every shot over there.”
This observation, from Rep. Bruce Goforth (D-Buncombe), serves as a useful explanation for how things generally work in the North Carolina Senate. But Goforth made the remark to Asheville Citizen-Times reporter Jordan Schrader in a specific context: the Senate’s unwillingness to consider a House measure that would change the formula for distributing proceeds from the state lottery.
There’s nothing about North Carolina’s lurch into state-run gambling that isn’t objectionable or depressing. It was a bad, bad idea from the word go. But one of the most egregious aspects of the lottery is that its disparate impact within the state.
Carolina Journal
RALEIGH – “It’s more of a dictatorship in the Senate. You’ve got four or five people, maybe two, calling every shot over there.”
This observation, from Rep. Bruce Goforth (D-Buncombe), serves as a useful explanation for how things generally work in the North Carolina Senate. But Goforth made the remark to Asheville Citizen-Times reporter Jordan Schrader in a specific context: the Senate’s unwillingness to consider a House measure that would change the formula for distributing proceeds from the state lottery.
There’s nothing about North Carolina’s lurch into state-run gambling that isn’t objectionable or depressing. It was a bad, bad idea from the word go. But one of the most egregious aspects of the lottery is that its disparate impact within the state.
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