Lottery Argumentative Analysis
In the world today there are numbers all around us. We use words to describe a certain number like one dozen meaning “12”. What about the number $70.5 billion? Does that mean anything specifically? It should because that is the amount the United States spent on the lottery in 2014 (Thompson). The issue at hand is the United States lottery appeals to lower-class society by using their hopes to waste their money on the lottery. The government does this because there is little to no regulations on the advertisements of the lottery. My position on this topic is not for nor against the lottery but a change in the regulations of ways to advertise and promote the lottery, and the criteria of who can play the lottery should be altered. In the United
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They care about the disadvantages because weak people cannot defend themselves from certain things. That's what the United States is about, protecting the weak from the strong. When people are addicted they fall victim to temptations and the government preys on these weaknesses. It encourages these addictions by offering small winnings and then players try to win bigger and bigger until they lose everything. Through operant conditioning, they learn to connect the lottery with winning and winning with satisfaction. The people who care about the advantages of the lottery care about the education system that they are a part of or are putting their children through. As parents and human beings we naturally want the best for ourselves and our kids. They care about their roads being paved so there are no potholes that total their car that will cost thousands of dollars in expenses. Also they care about the rights granted to us for being a citizen of the United States. We are granted the freedom to spend our money on whatever we desire within some legal guidelines. People need to realize that there are advantages and disadvantages of having a state & national lottery system in place. The evidence is clear and proves that both of these assumptions are accurate. Now the lottery and its system must be tweaked to accommodate the wants of the people, in order to help those who fall victim to
They care about the disadvantages because weak people cannot defend themselves from certain things. That's what the United States is about, protecting the weak from the strong. When people are addicted they fall victim to temptations and the government preys on these weaknesses. It encourages these addictions by offering small winnings and then players try to win bigger and bigger until they lose everything. Through operant conditioning, they learn to connect the lottery with winning and winning with satisfaction. The people who care about the advantages of the lottery care about the education system that they are a part of or are putting their children through. As parents and human beings we naturally want the best for ourselves and our kids. They care about their roads being paved so there are no potholes that total their car that will cost thousands of dollars in expenses. Also they care about the rights granted to us for being a citizen of the United States. We are granted the freedom to spend our money on whatever we desire within some legal guidelines. People need to realize that there are advantages and disadvantages of having a state & national lottery system in place. The evidence is clear and proves that both of these assumptions are accurate. Now the lottery and its system must be tweaked to accommodate the wants of the people, in order to help those who fall victim to