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Read Carlo Rotella's column about why he's voting Yes on 3.
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"My reasons have nothing to do with moral objections or concern about gambling addiction, which to my mind distract attention from more compelling arguments. The meat of the case against casinos is, as 33 eminent scholars and other experts argued last year in an authoritative report entitled “Why Casinos Matter,’’ that they don’t deliver the jobs or tax revenues that they promise [http://americanvalues.org/catalog/pdfs/why-casinos-matter.pdf].
"Their overrated benefits are short-lived and their underestimated costs linger over the long term; they tend to drive out sound local businesses like restaurants and attract predatory ones like payday lenders; and they bring increases in problems like bankruptcy and corruption that strain a state’s political culture and social fabric."
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/10/10/why-voting-for-casino-repeal/x8GoUsQTmSHyPhZoSAGFJI/story.html
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"My reasons have nothing to do with moral objections or concern about gambling addiction, which to my mind distract attention from more compelling arguments. The meat of the case against casinos is, as 33 eminent scholars and other experts argued last year in an authoritative report entitled “Why Casinos Matter,’’ that they don’t deliver the jobs or tax revenues that they promise [http://americanvalues.org/catalog/pdfs/why-casinos-matter.pdf].
"Their overrated benefits are short-lived and their underestimated costs linger over the long term; they tend to drive out sound local businesses like restaurants and attract predatory ones like payday lenders; and they bring increases in problems like bankruptcy and corruption that strain a state’s political culture and social fabric."
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/10/10/why-voting-for-casino-repeal/x8GoUsQTmSHyPhZoSAGFJI/story.html
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