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I ran across an interesting story in today’s Observer:

http://www.charlotte.com/540/story/697154.html

Apparently, IF the NC Education Lottery were to be repealed, then according to Perdue, there would be a “$350 million” gap in education funding, that would have to be found somewhere.  In essence, what she is saying is this - now education is not a priority spending item in the state budget, funded by corporate and personal income taxes, as it was before the lottery, but by the proceeds from the lottery itself…

When we (oops, the legislature) voted to approve the “NC ‘Education’ Lottery” in 2005, many yes votes were cast because “it was going for a good cause”.  I am sure if it had been dubbed the “NC ‘Prison’ Lottery, it probably would not have been approved. 

It is refreshing now to note that our Democrat power machine in Raleigh is now admitting - the lottery was just a way to supplant funding for public education on things that matter more to them - like teapot museums, and four lane highways that lead to nowhere.  What will happen when lottery proceeds start to decline? Will we see an equal decline in the education budget?

Let’s have some Independence Day fun.  I have already dubbed the lottery by an alternative name.  Here are some others I have thought of:

NC “Let’s Build a Bridge to Nowhere” Lottery

NC “State Employment Tenure” Lottery

NC “Teapot Museum” Lottery

NC “Governors Helicopter” Lottery

NC “First Lady Pay Raise” Lottery

Your proposals?