Cahill said the average person in Massachusetts spends $700 a year on the state lottery, compared to the national average of $170.Oh my, really! Yes, according to comments made at a luncheon Friday in Milford.
So here's where things get complicated.
You got to be in it to win it!
But if you took what the "average person" spends on a gamble and spent it on local property taxes, you would get improvements in all our local services: fire, police, DPW, library and education.
The "average person" certainly isn't everyone, not at least in Franklin where incomes for some are real tight. The "average person" referenced can't be the same person who voted against an override.
Surely they would see that a sure thing is better than a gamble?
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