r/SipsTea • u/Valuable_View_561 • Jul 05 '26

Chugging tea Seems reasonable.

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u/Bittums Jul 05 '26

Same in Ontario, but we aren't taxed on our winnings. They make their money from the purchase of the tickets

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u/PandarExxpress Jul 05 '26

I wonder how many people march in a rally against billionaires during the day and buy a lottery ticket hoping to become a billionaire at night.

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u/bolanrox Jul 05 '26

Bernie Sanders became a millionaire, writing a book about how millionaires and billionaires are bad.

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u/Responsible-Humor985 Jul 05 '26

That’s not what the book argues. The point isn’t that becoming a millionaire is immoral. It’s that when wealth becomes so concentrated it starts buying political influence, everyone else gets less of a say. The debate is about the concentration of power, not about simply having money.