but if these revenues financed public expenses that revert to the common good: would you agree to pay systematically 1 USD more in your annual taxes as something that ensures the right to dream of a dear life of every taxpayer?
I wouldn't bother paying an extra dollar on yearly taxes to have a slight chance of becoming a millionaire, and at same time contributing with my country, so the government can have more money to invest on areas which will revert benefits to ourselves, as citizens.
However, here in my country I don't have any expectations of invesments by the government thinking on common good, because politicians always and only think on themselves. That 1$ dollar from each citizen would be used to raise their wages, to create more jobs' spots inside the government for their supporters or would be simply stolen through corruption schemes.
So I'm not sure how worthful such measure would really be for the country.
Regarding your country , I have no idea which one is yours , but the way you talk makes it clear that it is a country where its rulers are very fair , unlike me , who comes from a country where politicians stole their wealth, I have nothing left to give something in taxes, because they are still stealing, I am in another country Because I could not stand that system, but for gambling, for bitcoin or for anything else that means playing in a casino we should not pay , it is not the duty to be, we have the right to have fun and that is not why we should Pay taxes, a Government , politicians always have fun with the money of the people , and they do not pay Anything.
I meant the rulers aren't fair here where I live. That is why I said I'm skeptical about the efficiency of such measure if implemented in my country. Actually, what you mention about your country is something I can say about mine as well. Politicians are having a lot of fun with taxes income creating more benefits and raising wages for themselves, while only dust of scraps is shared with the people through investments on the country.
Therefore, it really doesn't make sense to raise income of taxes for the government, since it's always going to be used to give extra advantages only to them, and not to the people who are paying the taxes.
Moreover, due to the high level of untrustworthiness on the local society, even lotteries ran by the government are under suspicion by the common citizen, since it's likely to be cheated. So people might avoid it.
