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Published: May 16, 2008 12:30 AM
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Pick 3 and pay up

Gov. Mike Easley wants to raise revenue by hiking sin taxes. I have an idea: A 50-cent surcharge on lottery tickets -- if anything just as punishment for clogging up convenience stores!

Robert Payne, Raleigh

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