Stop Predatory Gambling

The daily voice of government to most Americans

by spgadmin

A central message of President Obama’s inaugural address was there are no shortcuts to success in America: “In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted, for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things — some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor — who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.”

How does state lottery advertising, which is the daily voice of government to most Americans, square with President Obama’s message? The era of phony prosperity is over. It’s time to end our promotion of a massive, highly predatory, ”something for nothing scheme.”