Awkward Class War Humor

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez On January 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Marketing

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Part of me appreciates the wry humor, and part of me is totally offended by the young black mailroom guy playing the lottery.

I thinks it’s really advertising the lottery itself that’s bothering me, as it’s basically a sucker tax on the poor, “acceptable” because some of the revenue supposedly goes to schools. Of course, not in direct proportion to the neighborhoods where the most tickets are bought.

In these tough times, it’s like advertising liquor at an AA meeting.

About Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez works in publishing by day, world domination by night. Over the years he’s lived in Staten Island and South Beach Miami; served in the Jehovah’s Witnesses, US Army, and Dennis Kucinich’s ‘04 Presidential Campaign; won poetry slams, founded a reading series, co-authored a book of poetry, and self-published another; prefers Pumpkin and India Pale Ales, Buffalo Trace and Four Roses Bourbons, and Dona Paula Shiraz Malbec. He’s a devout Mets fan from the Bronx now living in New Jersey, and has a beautiful wife and two amazing kids.