Lottery Taxation
F*ck income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, VAT, IVA, fuel taxes, vice taxes, etc.
In the Tweito Economy, there is only one legal type of taxation: lottery taxes.
Lottery taxes echo back money into the hands of the "taxpayer".
We sell lottery tickets for the city, county, state or province and federal government.
Each ticket can have its own value. Each entity can have whatever price they want, as
long as the central government approves it.
IMPORTANT: If the Federal Government needs more money, it can always get additonal money from the Federal Reserve for free.
Before continuing, be sure that you are read up on multipliers because we use the echo.
Here we go:
- Phil walks into the corner shop and buys the state lottery card for $3 (for example).
- Phil scratches off the ticket and finds $204. (the value was set randomly somewhere between 100 x $3 = $300 and 100 x $.03 = $3)
- Note, Phil spent $3. Almost every card is a winner (or tied) so Phil should usually make at least $3.
- Phil hates the local government and doesn't pay taxes to it anymore. However he pays his taxes to the federal government.
- Bill walks into the corner shop and buys the city, county, state, and federal lottery cards for $2 + $4 + $5 + $6 (these numbers are arbitrary).
- Every card is a winner, so Bill makes $117 + $202 + $479 + 20.
- Bill takes home $818!
- The government takes in $882 in revenues.
- Tamera finishes her work and heads to the store to buy her daily lottery tickets.
- Where she lives tickets are just for the city, the state, and the federal government. The costs for the tickets are $3, $3, and $7
- She spends a total of $13. The maximum ticket value x100 is $1300. She averages over time around $650.
- Notice, in this scenario the government gets a lot more at the federal level. This is arbitrary.
Note: There is NO MINIMUM AGE FOR THE LOTTERY!
© Mark Tweito 2026