Arkansas - Vote NO on 3, the State Lotteries Amendment
In Arkansas, the State Lotteries Amendment would amend the Arkansas Constitution, which currently prohibits lotteries, to allow and establish state lotteries in Arkansas.
Supporters say that lottery proceeds would be used to create scholarships for students attending two-and four-year colleges. However, lotteries are a notoriously unstable and unreliable revenue source. Additionally, with lotteries every tax-paying Arkansan pays. Why? Because a high percentage of low-income people will gamble on the games, losing a good percentage of their income, increasing costs required to care for their families, and thereby increasing costs to taxpayers.
Since the state would own and operate the lotteries, the government's role would change from being the guardian of its weakest people to an economic predator on them. With government's insatiable appetite for more revenue, lottery gambling creates a serious and irreconcilable conflict of interest.
The gambling business alwa ys preys on those who can lease afford to lose, but the devastating effects on families as well as on poor and elderly citizens will be coupled with losses for Arkansas' overall economy. Lottery purchases will divert money away from legitimate businesses like restaurants, shops and other attractions, hurting small businesses and Arkansas' economy.
Arkansas - Vote NO on 3, the State Lotteries Amendment
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