[tigerteam_ab]

I would be very afraid of an electorate equal to the union of "the set of all people who wish to vote" and "the set of all people who play the lottery".

Hmm, I have heard the lottery called the "idiot tax" (though I will admit to having bought a handful of tickets myself over the years ;).

[RS]

"Hmm, I have heard the lottery called the "idiot tax"

I'ts really just a tax on the poor - give them hope to buy a ticket and 50% of it goes to the State...