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The Lottery

By Lee P. Butler

Seven Republicans voted for and nine Democrats voted against the lottery legislation, which demonstrates the complexity of the drama surrounding the lottery issue. Every North Carolinian has his or her own reasons for their opposition or support for it and irregardless of your stance, one obvious problem still remains.

Instead of trying to improve our state budget through better implementation of existing funding combined with spending controls, our legislators once again turned to the Сquick fixТ and opted for increasing revenue collection, using the chestnut ruse of having to make a rash decision for the sake of our children.

A lottery will never fix our state legislatorТs spending problem. At least in South Carolina, Conservative Republicans are in charge of their governmental spending and the education lottery revenue. What we now have here is nothing less than a Pandora's Box with tax and spend Democrats holding the key.

Lee P Butler has worked in environmental management for twenty years while honing his writing skills in poetry, fiction, and opinion. He is the Vice Chairman of the Richmond County Republican Party where he resides with his wife and three children and has been published in several outlets including The Richmond County Daily Journal, OpinionEditorials.com, The North Carolina Conservative, The Lasting Joy, and is the owner/publisher of leepbutler.com.

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