IFF: Don’t Mess With Statist Lottery

Philip Allaire had a really great idea. Using his skills as a businessman, Allaire posed a plan to help the Nampa School District escape from a $5 million deficit. He created a nonprofit, Enriching Endowments, proposed selling raffle tickets for homes he purchased and would use the proceeds to pay down the school district’s accounting mess. The Idaho Press-Tribune opined on Friday that Allaire’s proposal was not grounded in reality, magnanimous but not fully vetted, because the proposal got sideways with Idaho state lottery officials who say the plan violated state regulations. Because the state lottery objected, Allaire gave up on his proposal. “The irony of the situation is that the same form of bureaucracy and incompetence of government that created the financial crisis we currently face is now preventing a common sense and cost effective solution,” he wrote in a press release. “Had it not been for the obstinate attitude and positions of the Idaho lottery, the generosity of the community would have provided a solution to the financial troubles that have threatened the future of Nampa’s students.” He’s absolutely right/ Wayne Hoffman , Idaho Freedom Foundation. More to come.

Question: I agree with Wayne again. What do you think?