California Lottery Sales

Concerning Assemblyman Bane’s attempt to take away lottery rights from welfare recipients:

As a former welfare recipient, my small allotment (as did the others) went completely for rent. The soup kitchens provided the food, and any luxury like buying lottery tickets (there weren’t any at that time) and eating at a fast-food chain would come from panhandling.

I do not believe in taking away the opportunity and fun of playing the lottery from welfare recipients; and therefore putting another nail in the coffin of that part of society that the politician does not want to recognize and help. The Democrats did not get out the vote in the last election because they are trying to act like Republicans, instead of the champion of the oppressed people like they used to be.

RAINER PENKERT

San Francisco