Holiday scratch-offs are no gift to Illinois schools – Illinois Policy

“If the lottery provides $10 to the school fund, state officials have two choices: they can either spend that much more money on schools, or they can lower the contribution from the general fund by $10,” said Christopher Mooney, a political science professor at the University of Illinois Chicago. “Illinois officials have taken the second approach.”
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Pat S.
3 years ago

They’ve been perpetrating this slight-of-hand since the beginning of the lottery. Sold it to the public to help school funding, but instead it supports more spending from the general fund.

Typical bait n’ switch from government (not confined to any level of government).

Stupid chickens.

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