Comments on: Imagine the Freedom http://www.ignisfatuus.com/2009/06/19/imagine-the-freedom/ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:36:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David http://www.ignisfatuus.com/2009/06/19/imagine-the-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-23843 David Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:42:08 +0000 http://www.ignisfatuus.com/?p=162#comment-23843 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Money-Nothing-Journey-through-Millions/dp/0061284181/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254339802&sr=8-2" rel="nofollow">Double blerg.</a> Double blerg.

]]> By: David http://www.ignisfatuus.com/2009/06/19/imagine-the-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-23834 David Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:31:06 +0000 http://www.ignisfatuus.com/?p=162#comment-23834 <a href="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/SaveMoney/8lotteryWinnersWhoLostTheirMillions.aspx?page=1" rel="nofollow">Blerg.</a> Blerg.

]]> By: David http://www.ignisfatuus.com/2009/06/19/imagine-the-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-22691 David Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:33:25 +0000 http://www.ignisfatuus.com/?p=162#comment-22691 One tangent that I was, unfortunately, unable to work into this already tangent-ridden post was a look at the history of the lottery, which dates back millennia. I was shocked to learn that not only does it go back at least as far as the Roman Empire, but they have been politically administered with the intention of raising funds for public works for just as long. Today, in <a href="http://www.olg.ca/about/economic_benefits/index.jsp?ref=home_menu" rel="nofollow">Ontario</a> at least, lottery profits go to public works and sponsorship programs. But the idea of using a lottery to raise money for public programs probably goes back to the reign of Augustus Cæsar, who devised a lottery to pay for repairs to Rome's infrastructure. Queen Elizabeth I approved a lottery to fund restoration of England's harbours, and the British Museum was later founded using lottery revenue. For more tidbits, go <a href="http://www.nmlottery.com/Miscellaneous/facts_myths.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>. One tangent that I was, unfortunately, unable to work into this already tangent-ridden post was a look at the history of the lottery, which dates back millennia. I was shocked to learn that not only does it go back at least as far as the Roman Empire, but they have been politically administered with the intention of raising funds for public works for just as long.

Today, in Ontario at least, lottery profits go to public works and sponsorship programs. But the idea of using a lottery to raise money for public programs probably goes back to the reign of Augustus Cæsar, who devised a lottery to pay for repairs to Rome’s infrastructure. Queen Elizabeth I approved a lottery to fund restoration of England’s harbours, and the British Museum was later founded using lottery revenue. For more tidbits, go here.

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