Iowa: A Tax on the Poor!

Updated: 11 October 2012

Opposition to Cedar Rapids casino proposal already emerging

.... in November 2003, voters rejected a Linn County referendum for a riverboat casino, with nearly 53 percent of the 58,000 voters striking down the proposal.

“Nine years ago, it was a very broad coalition,” said David Osterberg, a UI professor, executive director of the Iowa Policy Project and a vocal opponent of a Cedar Rapids casino. Osterberg said the coalition of Democrats, like himself, and many social conservatives helped defeat the measure.

David Osterberg.

“My view of this is that it’s simply a tax on the poor and it’s going after addiction, the addiction of people who gamble,” said Osterberg.

http://thegazette.com/2012/10/11/opposition-to-cedar-rapids-casino-proposal-already-emerging/