Great Moments in State Government

The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.

NOTE: The excerpt below is from the Feb. 4 BOTW archives.

Great Moments in State Government
Pennsylvania’s Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat, has an innovative new educational proposal, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports from Harrisburg:

The Rendell administration said yesterday it wanted to legalize video-poker machines at restaurants, private clubs and corner bars to help Pennsylvania students pay for college.

Great idea! Well, except for one little problem: What about the students who lose? 

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