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Sunday, October 14, 2012

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
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/

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