No really.
Instead of funding public higher education and fixing the damage that Governor Corbett wreaked on public education during his one term as governor, Pennsylvania State Senator and Philadelphia Mayoral front runner Anthony Williams is set introduce a bill that would allow PHEAA - the state agency that issues college grants to PA citizens who attend in state schools - to create a lottery system that would compete with the state's existing lottery system. This bill would would dedicate 30 percent of revenues aside for cash prizes and the remaining 70 percent for administrative fees and needs based grants. Students - or "players" - would get cash prizes for anything under $500 and would be credited prizes over $500.
But how sick is this? This bill will incentivize students or graduates to gamble so they can get some sort of relief. If you thought you've seen it all, here's another crappy idea.