The North Carolina Education Lottery

Two off-the-wall ideas spawned by this op-ed piece.

What if 100% of the money people win playing the North Carolina Education Lottery had to be spent on education? (Answer: Nobody would play.)

And this one:

What if all the revenues from the North Carolina Education Lottery were allocated to vouchers for any family that wanted them, and could be spent at any certified public or private school? (Answer: The free-market extremists would think they'd died and gone to heaven ... and would even support the despicable lottery.)

I'm considering making a deal with the free-market extremists. If they jump on the "health care is a right" bandwagon and commit to universal health care with no exceptions, I'll jump on the voucher bandwagon and support redistributing money to families for whom public school education isn't a workable choice.