Actually I'd rather not win a lottery. Too much money too quickly and too
many greedy people and other bad stuff.  No thanks, I like my life simple.

Unfortunately our state is caught in a no-win situation right now. Because
a lot of federal programmes have been cut, the state's budget has run out
of money to fund a lot of projects and it looks as if we'll be operating on
a deficit.  The governor favours a lottery and we are between two states
that offer lotteries. That means a  lot of money flows out of the state for
these lotteries, money that could be spent in-state and for sales taxes,
too.  I'm not crazy about sponsoring a programme that opens the door for
gambling addiction amongst those who can least afford it or to gambling
interests, but I'm not as opposed to it as I once was.


Kat


At 10:35 11-05-2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Actually, if I won the lottery, I would give it to an organization who I
>know that helps people in definite need.  I wouldn't either keep it for
>myself or invest it, mainly because I had a high school teacher who's cousin
>won something in the millions, and they ended up having family members call
>expecting something, and that wasn't fun.
>
>Thanks,
>Anthony
>
>Visit me at http://www.ara1.net
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Barber, Kenneth L.
>   To: [log in to unmask]
>   Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 10:38 AM
>   Subject: Re: Quiet List
>
>
>   if i won all the money in the world, i'd pay my debts as far as it would
>go.
>
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Anthony Arnold [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>   Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 11:11 AM
>   To: [log in to unmask]
>   Subject: Re: Quiet List
>
>
>   Beth,
>
>   Either earn it or win the lottery, both are difficult to do :-)
>
>   Anthony
>
>   Visit me at http://www.ara1.net
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Elizabeth H. Thiers
>     To: [log in to unmask]
>     Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 6:48 AM
>     Subject: Re: Quiet List
>
>
>     I guess I'm going to have to earn it aren't I.  No easy way out.  <grin>
>
>
>     beth the ot
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
>     [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of BG Greer, PhD
>     Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 8:21 PM
>     To: [log in to unmask]
>     Subject: Re: Quiet List
>
>
>     In a message dated 5/9/02 6:10:02 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>     >French quarter sounds good right now.  I'm supposed to be finishing my
>     >assignments, oops.
>     >Beth T. the OT
>     Poor Beth the OT. You,  too, can retire in xx years and take trips, test
>     Polident, Depends and all manner of "new" adventures! lol
>
>     Bobby the RP(Retired Prof)