Soyuz Wanna Go To Space
In an impressive bit of dumb government logic, Florida has decided to can an idea for a spaceflight lottery, wherein tickets would be sold to win a chance at a trip to the International Space Station. Despite the fact that an independent study showed high interest in the idea, the lottery decided no one would want to buy tickets. This decision came after conducting focus groups of people who played the lottery regularly, who, shockingly, said they were more interested in continuing to buy regular lottery tickets. Given that Gov. Bush was never sold on the idea, one must wonder if this was intentional government stupidity--the equivalent of checking if there would be interested in a new Chinese restaurant in town by asking people who eat a Mexican restaurant every day. I mean, heck, I've never played the Florida lottery, but I would figure out a way to get tickets for that. I love this quote from Jeb, that just kind of says it all:
"It's an interesting idea, but it's kind of out of the core mission of the lottery's function," Bush told The Associated Press.
I mean, huh?

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