It's about the
money
The casino and slots slated for the state
are about money. A powerful legislator dictated that gambling would expand and
created the Gaming Commission. We have witnessed non-stop and non-productive
chaos since then. Except for monies conned from applicants, we are being scammed
into supporting the Gaming Commission. It declared expenses last year of
$19,312,712.78. Unbelievable. An
audit of the agency is over due and should be mandatory at this point. It would
reveal how the $19 plus million in expenses were incurred, the source of
the funds to pay the debts and any and all costs
to taxpayers.
A threat of expanded gaming is that
it will cannibalize the lottery which returned $952 million to the cities and
towns last year. It is a stated guess that the new gambling will generate $400
million in revenue. Not even close. The lottery benefits the people.
The slots and casinos exist for the investors. Obviously we will pay for any
shortage in lottery aid.
The TV ad claiming 10,000 jobs is
preposterous. How many workers are needed to watch gamblers feed slot machines
or workers to shuffle cards. Most jobs are low skill for low pay and the fewer
the better for profits. Evidently we are expected to spend millions to support
gaming in exchange for some menial jobs.
Casinos elsewhere are going
bankrupt and closing. Gamblers have moved on. It is ludicrous to go where others
have failed and expect a different
outcome.
A recent article in the Atlantic by David
Frum sums it up: "Good way to wreck a local economy: build casinos. No one
should look to the gambling industry to revive cities, because that's not what
casinos
do".
Vote yes on question 3 to stop the
legal larceny. PASS ALONG
http://www.mass.gov/treasury/cash-management/local-aid-payments/ = local lottery aid
Priscilla J Ham -
15 Spring Terrace - Shrewsbury - MA -
508-842-4029
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