The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune. "A FAMILY spokesman said the winning ticket was kept in White's Bible - which she then slept with - until she could get to a bank and put it in a safe deposit box. White chose to accept the lump sum payment of $210 million, rather than the 30 annuity payments paid out over 29 years. White will pay about $52.5 million in federal taxes and $14.7 million in state taxes. " The aforementioned is a quote from a NY newspaper. It seems that the USA churches have no qualms about gambling being against God, and in God they trust. The amount of tax to be paid on lottery winnings is a huge boost for the economy. If we legalized numbers/lottery like other God-fearing nations, think of the benefits we could reap. How many schools could we build and staff for $14 million? Even one would be a benefit to all of us. Please stop letting "the Church" keep this country in the dark ages. It may have worked during medieval times when people were isolated, brainwashed and ignorant, but this is the new world. Let's start living like it! APPLETON Nassau, March 7, 2012.