Posted on 03/31/2011 5:15:40 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
An advertisement on the radio yesterday and today caught my attention. The ad scarcastically says "Thank You" to Texas for sending many of its gaming dollars to Louisiana for horse racing, casinos, etc. and for causing "thousands" of good-paying jobs to go to Louisiana along with support for "schools".
I wonder when the media is going to investigate lies like this instead of fawning over Obama. Research shows gambling to clearly be detrimental to society and especially to the poor of society. Go look at the areas where casinos are rife in Louisiana and research the societal ills that come with them (crickets chirping).
Just about the only people who would benefit from such foolish legislative action will be the casino industry, horse breeders and dishonest individuals behind those industries. They would become far richer than they already are and would have more money to donate to legislators as they attempt to buy them off.
And, finally (to keep it short), who in his/her right mind would EVER want to be like Louisian in any way? Give me a break.
The government hates competition in taking your dollars....
Here in Pennsylvania the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
We’d love to give the Katrina folks BACK to Louisiana. If so many jobs exist, why don’t they go back and go to work? Hmmmmm?
Ha ha ha. Love that tagline. I know the poster from which that came (ship sinking). ROFL!!!
We’d love to give the Katrina folks BACK to Louisiana. If so many jobs exist, why don’t they go back and go to work? Hmmmmm?
They are staying to take the jobs that’s going to be created by the new gambling laws the Legislature may pass. Or at least the website you linked said they were going to create a lot of new jobs, revenue, etc. with the new gaming laws.
All that industry will do is create more misery and suffering. That is a documented fact.
I love the part about “education”. That money would be diverted to another pet project or existing education funds would be diverted within a year. Maybe both.
I love the part about “education”.
Heck one needs a bit of education to be able to calculate the odds don’t ya know.......
It also enables those people who do not pay tax due to "poverty" to indeed help pay for their share of the cost of government. :)
What "research" shows this? I'm not trying to be a smart aleck; I just want to know what your sources is.
We're debating the issue of legalized gambling in Panama City and I have found very little unbiased information about the impact. I would like to see some unbiased studies on the impact so I can make an educated decision on whether to oppose it or support it.
One side says it will bring in high paying jobs. The other side says it won't. One side says it will increase tax revenue, the other side says that the increased tax revenue goes to fight the crime that comes with the gambling. Both sides have a vested interest in selling their point of view, so the information from both sides is suspect.
Parting a fool from his money is just natural selection. And its amusing to watch I think we need more casinos tell you the truth.
Exactly.
Yeah. That really has a lot to do with horse racing. What's next for you: the Metropolitan Opera or Yale University?
Why don't you show up in two week in Lexington, KY, as I will. There will be, ooooh, horse racing there. All you will see is people having a good time amidst beautiful surroundings at a classy establishment. Keeneland Racetrack even has its own Library.
ML/NJ
We have tussled here in Arkansas with the same debate. We now have two establishments (Southland Racetrack and Oaklawn) where “games of skill” are permitted and you can gamble away the mortgage payment, we also have a lottery. The gaming establishments in Tunica, MS and Shreveport, LA spend quite a bit on advertising here in the state. They also have bus services which pick up at commuter lots and ferry the poor saps to the casinos. You can tell a lot about the clientele by the pick-up locations. Disproportionately, this turns out to be the poor. I think the funds would be much better put to use by saving or paying down debt, but that is not the case for most of these people. I have lived in locations with casinos and have no desire to have them here. They serve as nothing more than a boom for pawnbrokers and the alcohol industry. The poor show up in droves to take advantage of the free drinks, all the while stuffing their limited funds into slot machines. Let LA and MS have the damn things.
I hate it.
A point I'd never considered. I've always considered it a tax on people who are bad at math, but it IS a voluntary tax on people who don't have to pay.
Indeed. :) I remember reading somewhere that when it comes to lottery scratchoff tickets, the biggest sales tend to be in the poorest ZIP codes. I'm hoping that at least here in Maryland, we go the route of other states and start offering scratchoffs in the $50 and $100 range.
I have no worries over someone who has that kind of money to drop on lottery tickets, especially when my taxes likely pay for their rent, heat, electricity, water, health care and food.
Gambling is the poor man’s stock market.
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