Concerns raised over Italian lottery ‘fever’ – 23 Oct 08
Concerns raised over Italian lottery ‘fever’ – 23 Oct 08
Italy ‘the post of national lottery s has sent millions of people shuffle for tickets. The big prize stands a pi? of $ 120m and could be won on Thursday?. But there are fears that the lottery is generating a fever of dangerous gamble, with many people who spend their life savings. Some groups are demanding the prize money to seize. Claudio Lavanga reports.
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Amazing how people will spend a portion of their income for such a minute chance at winning a sum of money, but when asked to give up a smaller portion so that poor people can get treatment, or an education, they assert that the government is stealing from them. Aren’t human lives more valuable than money?
It is one of the only legal types of taxation because it is voluntary and you at least have a shot at getting something back.
bad Italians.
Great, not only are Americans stupid, it appears humans world wide are stupid too. It’s universal equality in terms of stupidity. Yay!!!!!!!!!! 🙂