A few weeks ago I commented that the Postal Service's decision to reduce their level of service due to loss of volume ranked among the most ill advised strategies I've heard in quite some time.
Well, not wanting to be outdone, our friends who bring us the Powerball have taken their own giant leap away from good sense. (It might be worth noting that both of these organizations are government agencies.)
Powerball officials, disappointed with ticket sales in 2011, have decided to double the cost of a ticket.
If you can't sell something for a buck then charge 2 bucks for it - sure, I see the logic in that (not).
The reasoning that Powerball officials put forward was that if the jackpot grows twice as big, more people would buy tickets. (This assumes that the general populous doesn't care about a meager 20 million dollar payout.)
I think the average citizen would love to have 20 million, but doesn't have the disposable income to repeatedly throw money away on a 1 in 500,000 chance of wining.
So.... I've been thinking..... and I've come up with a way to help both government agencies. Merge the postal service and powerball, charge 2 bucks for a stamp, and the person whose mail is delivered on time wins a jackpot.
Wouldn't you start a pen pal exchange with someone by snail mail rather than e-mail if by doing so you had the opportunity to win a bank account full of cash?
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