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States spent at least $89 million on vaccine lottery, trying to induce lots of Americans to

get an experimental drug to go get the COVID vaccine. And they would have the opportunity to

win cash as a result of that. Now, although initial reports suggested that the vaccine

lottery were successful, there's a new report out of the Journal of the American Medical

Association that shows that absolutely none of the state lottery's increased vaccination

rates in any way. They were just a complete waste of a lot of money. It turns out actually

that people are not just economic animals that are to be lured and prodded with lucor

and slop. It turns out that people actually can think for themselves and make their own

medical decisions. Who would have thought it? I'm Michael Knowles, this is the Michael

Knowles Show.

Welcome back to the show. My favorite comment yesterday is from Steven, who says that if inflation

is the mark of a good economy, then Zimbabwe must be the pinnacle of civilization. That's

absolutely right. But no, it's good. It works. When your dollar doesn't go anywhere and

gas costs $75 a gallon, that's the sign that there is a lot of demand according to the

White House. You know the rising inflation, the economic turmoil, the political craziness,

is enough to keep you up at night. But not if you sleep on my pillow. I'm on the road

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