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Is casino gambling coming?
The passing of? legislation this week to allow visiting cruise ships to gamble during the hours of 6 pm to 6 am, while docked in our port, is regressive. It may also be the first step in a chapter of our regret, should this also someday lead to casino gambling in hotels here. Here are some eye opening reasons to be considered from a regretful experience in the USA:
Why Legalizing Casinos is Not a Solution for Our State By Rep. Dan Bosley ? (Edited)
No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, casinos are a bad idea. Bringing casinos to Massachusetts will hurt jobs, hurt families, and cause our taxes to rise without receiving better services in return. Specifically, some of the detrimental impacts of casino gambling include:
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Change the Quality of Life in Our Communities Nearly all of the state?s 351 cities and towns will be within a short drive of a casino if the proposal passes. If you?re concerned about a casino coming to your community, then you should be concerned about a casino going to someone else?s. What does it say when the national leader of Listen to radio host Chris Lydon discuss casinos in Massachusetts. the casino industry lobby, Frank Fahrenkopf, said he?d oppose a casino where he lived? If he doesn?t want one in his region there?s no reason why we should. Check out Fahrenkopf?s statement against a casino coming to his home town.
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Dramatically Increase the Tax Burden on Non-Gamblers: ?You Pay Even If You Don?t Play? Connecticut, New Jersey and Rhode Island all have casino gambling and all have higher taxes than Massachusetts. Under the ruse of property tax relief, Pennsylvania passed a bill to legalize slots two years ago and today their Governor is calling for a major increase in the sales tax rate. These states pay higher taxes in part because they need to make up for the unmet revenue needs that were promised by the casinos ? every $1 in gambling taxes costs $3.4 Non-gamblers pay for the massive social costs like child neglect and bankruptcies that the casino gambling industry brings along with it. The industry certainly doesn?t pay the bill. The Governor?s revenue estimates (numbers provided by the casino industry ) also do not account for the reality that New Hampshire would put two casinos right on the state border if we legalize them here ? Rockingham Park in Salem, NH (already owned by a casino developer) and Seabrook Dog Track on Rt. 95.6 Rhode Island would also expand its slot machine locations into full scale casinos in response to Massachusetts.
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Detract From Our State?s Economy Casinos don?t bring an economic multiplier effect to a region. Proponents say casinos are good economic development but The Boston Business Journal, one of the most pro-business newspapers in the state, strongly editorialized against bringing casinos to Massachusetts. A major reason was because casinos lower a region?s standard of living by attracting lots of low wage casino jobs and merely act as a jobs transfer and not a job creator.
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Push the State Well Beyond the Lottery Gambling Business A casino is uniquely different from a lottery because a casino gives free alcohol to gamblers to even further diminish the player?s odds, extends lines of credit to its patrons and allows gamblers to take cash advances from credit cards, all of which occurs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Slot machines are really legalized fraud. For an examination of the slot machine scam.
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Turn One Out of Every Twenty People into a Gambling Addict, Hurting Our State?s Families Governor Patrick?s casino plan is not in line with a ?Wish for your neighbor what you wish for yourself? philosophy. His casino proposal plainly admits that 1 out of every 20 people (5%) would become a problem gambler as a result of this initiative. That?s 250,000 people, not including the family members and friends of these addicts who will also experience the consequences. Anyone comforted by the idea that casino gambling is voluntary should spend a day with the casino staffs that target people based on how fast they play a slot machine and track prospects? and players? observed worth, define their predicted value, and systematically maximize individual ?share of wallet? through targeted and customized promotional messages, limited-time cash offers, and carefully tracked time-to-response and spending analysis. Unfortunately, while problem gamblers are very lucrative for the industry, their addiction leads to child neglect, crime, distressed families, suicide and bankruptcy. And, it is the non-gamblers who are left paying the tab for these costs through higher taxes.
Source: http://bajan.wordpress.com/2012/09/28/say-no-to-casino-gambling/
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