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April 07, 2011

Lotteries are a Tax on the Innumerate

from here via Bart: 20091229 Stats and lotteries

Pedantic note: the word "only" is often placed too early in a sentence, as in this cartoon. It belongs in front of the word "because".

Posted by on April 07, 2011 at 09:12 PM in Economics, Education, Gubmnt |

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