Lotteries are frequently sold as a way both to raise revenues for state governments and, at
the same time, potentially terminates illegal numbers games. Many states seeing lottery money
as “painless taxation” believe that the lottery is now “the predominant new revenue source for
state government,” according to the National Conference of State Legislators. These states
also make the rather tortured argument that “people are going to gamble anyway, so better for
the state to get the money than organized crime.” This claim is money-grubbing in disguise.
As Nelson Rose, professor of law at Whittier College, notes: “If making money is the goal,
why doesn’t the state own restaurants, or open its own brothel?”
【題組】40. The statement made by Professor Nelson Rose connotes that _______________.
(A) profit making should not be the prioritized agenda of any state administration
(B) chartering restaurant business can also make as much money as lottery business
(C) the state government should not say no to any business that brings in money
(D) the state government should legalize prostitution and also open brothels
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