How Is This Possible?

Miami Dade County public schools were $88 million dollars in the red last year. I remember when I was a pastor in North Carolina and a lottery was proposed as the ultimate solution to all school funding problems. States with lotteries didn't have a lack of cash, we were repeatedly told. Putting aside the fact that Miami Dade public schools are among the worst in the country, the fact remains that when we exploit the poor via legalized gambling, we reap what we sow.