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You don't need lottery-funded scholarships if you have universal education (as most first world countries do).

The money has to come from somewhere. Taxing innumeracy seems a good start.

> Taxing innumeracy seems a good start.

Taxing based on wealth instead of intelligence just seems more....civilized?

"The measure of a civilization is how it treats its weakest members."

"The measure of a value judgment is whether it is enclosed by quotation marks"

Old saw: if you want less of something, tax it; if you want more of something, subsidize it.