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Re:No, the money you spend on lotteries doesn’t go to the park by refurb on Thursday May 04, 2023 @03:16AM (#35812305)
That doesn’t make a lot of sense.

If you give poor people money so every can equally bid on the auction, then why not just make it a lottery and not bother giving poor people money they’ll just give back through auction?

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Re:No, the money you spend on lotteries doesn’t go to the park by maxerickson on Thursday May 04, 2023 @07:02AM (#35813624)
Presumably they are talking about giving poor people money out of a different bucket, so it isn't "just" going back through the auction, the people that receive it have the opportunity to allocate it to their needs and desires.
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Re:No, the money you spend on lotteries doesn’t go to the park by eru on Friday May 05, 2023 @03:14AM (#35826236)
You give poor people money, so they can make their own decisions on what they want to spend it on.

Instead of restricting them ad hoc to eg national park entries or whatever you think should be provided in-kind by raffles.

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Re:No, the money you spend on lotteries doesn’t go to the park by refurb on Friday May 05, 2023 @09:56AM (#35829239)
If your goal is to make national park entries more fair that seems like a very indirect way of doing it.
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