GAMBLING

By taking the laws of exchange out of economic protocol, we create a passion for obtaining something for nothing.  We still frown on theft, but if we can trick the other chap out of his money, we can call it sport. If you rely on luck to survive you die.  End of story, that is all that needs to be said concerning gambling.  But there are those who would sooner die than work, and they, without exception, become a drag on all of us. But that does not prevent the politicians taking a gamble on gambling in order to win votes. They institute a National Lottery. They use the lottery to part the voter from his money and then use his money to finance another sport.  Politicians pay for the Olympic Games by violating the protocols of exchange. Instead of the punter having control over the profit, it is used to finance the Olympic Games, when it should be used for local needs or other national interests.

Woe betide the gamblers who voted for lotteries. To vote is to gamble. You put your trust in someone you do not know, but who uses the wiles of advertising to sell you short.