Keith Payne

The big sales pitch to every state to get the lottery is that it's going to education. But then there's been a lot of op-eds about how much really gets to education. It hasn't worked out in the way, in many, many cases, that it was promised to work out.

The big sales pitch to every state to get the lottery is that it's going to education. But then there's been a lot of op-eds about how much really gets to education. It hasn't worked out in the way, in many, many cases, that it was promised to work out.

The big sales pitch to every state to get the lottery is that it's going to education. But then there's been a lot of op-eds about how much really gets to education. It hasn't worked out in the way, in many, many cases, that it was promised to work out.

I always bring this up, but it's like so many of these thought processes really end up boiling down to, again, kind of Kantian or utilitarian. Because like you could look at it just from a Kantian point of view and go like, yeah, if someone wants to buy a lottery ticket, they should be free to buy a lottery. They want to buy a lottery ticket.

I always bring this up, but it's like so many of these thought processes really end up boiling down to, again, kind of Kantian or utilitarian. Because like you could look at it just from a Kantian point of view and go like, yeah, if someone wants to buy a lottery ticket, they should be free to buy a lottery. They want to buy a lottery ticket.

I always bring this up, but it's like so many of these thought processes really end up boiling down to, again, kind of Kantian or utilitarian. Because like you could look at it just from a Kantian point of view and go like, yeah, if someone wants to buy a lottery ticket, they should be free to buy a lottery. They want to buy a lottery ticket.

And the state should take that money and use it for something good. Great. On the surface, that's very defendable. But then if you just step back and what are the results of it? Well, the results are that the lowest income people in the state are paying for education.

And the state should take that money and use it for something good. Great. On the surface, that's very defendable. But then if you just step back and what are the results of it? Well, the results are that the lowest income people in the state are paying for education.

And the state should take that money and use it for something good. Great. On the surface, that's very defendable. But then if you just step back and what are the results of it? Well, the results are that the lowest income people in the state are paying for education.

That doesn't like.

That doesn't like.

That doesn't like.

Well, or I'm sure that scholarship, the HOPE scholarship does benefit a ton of low income people, but disproportionately low income people aren't going to University of Georgia.

Well, or I'm sure that scholarship, the HOPE scholarship does benefit a ton of low income people, but disproportionately low income people aren't going to University of Georgia.

Well, or I'm sure that scholarship, the HOPE scholarship does benefit a ton of low income people, but disproportionately low income people aren't going to University of Georgia.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. So it's just interesting. Like both both arguments are really fair. But at some point you got to like zoom up 30,000 feet and go like, well, what at the end of the day, what's happening?

Yeah. So it's just interesting. Like both both arguments are really fair. But at some point you got to like zoom up 30,000 feet and go like, well, what at the end of the day, what's happening?