A few years ago the lottery finally passed and still had a lot of opposition. That created revenue for the state though. The Obama administration just sent over a nice little chunk of stimulus money. North Carolina has one of the highest gasoline taxes in the country. They have their hand out for every nickel and dime they can get from their residents in various other taxes and fees they impose. What would North Carolina have done without the stimulus money or the lottery? Now they want to tax one our biggest industies consumers. I think we should boycott chicken products.