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20th November 2019, 09:00 PM
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https://www.amny.com/bronx/bronx-beep-decries-lottery-games-as-regressive-tax-for-low-income-residents/
Bronx BP decries lottery as regressive tax for low-income residents
The New York State Lottery is far from a jackpot in its current form, according to Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.
Diaz outlined a report Monday titled, “Re-Orienting The Lottery: A Better Lotto For The Poor,” which contains plenty of hot numbers on how the game has changed since its statewide inception in 1966, which originally purposed to “explicitly and exclusively to fund education in the state.”
Currently, state education aid that comes from lottery revenue is allocated through to a formula that distributes funding to statewide school districts, according to Diaz.
“Lottery funding should be altered to allocate some of the funds specifically to [federal funding] eligible schools,” Diaz wrote, specifically noting that those funds should be “earmarked to educational programs in these schools that are targeted directly against poverty.”
As far as a more direct draw on how the New York Lottery effects impoverish communities, Diaz stated “lottery games are sold disproportionately to low-income populations,” continuing to write that “households earning less than $30,000 per year spend an average of $412 on lottery tickets annually, as compared with $105 among households earning $75,000 or more,” on a nationwide level.
https://www.amny.com/bronx/bronx-beep-decries-lottery-games-as-regressive-tax-for-low-income-residents/
Bronx BP decries lottery as regressive tax for low-income residents
The New York State Lottery is far from a jackpot in its current form, according to Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.
Diaz outlined a report Monday titled, “Re-Orienting The Lottery: A Better Lotto For The Poor,” which contains plenty of hot numbers on how the game has changed since its statewide inception in 1966, which originally purposed to “explicitly and exclusively to fund education in the state.”
Currently, state education aid that comes from lottery revenue is allocated through to a formula that distributes funding to statewide school districts, according to Diaz.
“Lottery funding should be altered to allocate some of the funds specifically to [federal funding] eligible schools,” Diaz wrote, specifically noting that those funds should be “earmarked to educational programs in these schools that are targeted directly against poverty.”
As far as a more direct draw on how the New York Lottery effects impoverish communities, Diaz stated “lottery games are sold disproportionately to low-income populations,” continuing to write that “households earning less than $30,000 per year spend an average of $412 on lottery tickets annually, as compared with $105 among households earning $75,000 or more,” on a nationwide level.