Comments on: Why the Debate About Expanding Legalized Gambling is a Big Deal http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/10/14/politics/3364/ An independent, open forum for reports and opinions about life in our city. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:37:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Janine D. http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/10/14/politics/3364/comment-page-1/#comment-9966 Janine D. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:30:52 +0000 http://www.somervillevoices.org/?p=3364#comment-9966 Next thing you know the state will start banning alcohol or prescription drugs since people have the possibility of becoming addicted to that. Since when has the state become "big brother?" I am for the casinos in the state. Look at the license plates at the casinos in CT and RI - all MA plates. Also, look at the plates around the holidays at the Rockingham Mall - mostly MA plates. Keep the money in the state. And, please don't complain when the next round of state funds to the cities and towns is dramatically lower and state programs are cut. Next thing you know the state will start banning alcohol or prescription drugs since people have the possibility of becoming addicted to that. Since when has the state become “big brother?” I am for the casinos in the state. Look at the license plates at the casinos in CT and RI – all MA plates. Also, look at the plates around the holidays at the Rockingham Mall – mostly MA plates. Keep the money in the state.

And, please don’t complain when the next round of state funds to the cities and towns is dramatically lower and state programs are cut.

]]> By: Columbine http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/10/14/politics/3364/comment-page-1/#comment-9963 Columbine Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:42:56 +0000 http://www.somervillevoices.org/?p=3364#comment-9963 At the very least, it creates a very effective non-traceability smokescreen between the increased tax revenue and the number of dependents the state ends up carrying because the primary earner in the family blew their paycheck on the slots. We can just blame the gamblers' bankruptcy on their weakness of character, and chalk up their spouses' and kids' homelessness to Prevailing Economic Conditions. Kind of clever, really. Shifts a lot of the humanitarian burden onto the fed while keeping the tax take here. Brilliant! Since I must, this being the internet: YES, I'm joking, in a really disgusted way. At the very least, it creates a very effective non-traceability smokescreen between the increased tax revenue and the number of dependents the state ends up carrying because the primary earner in the family blew their paycheck on the slots. We can just blame the gamblers’ bankruptcy on their weakness of character, and chalk up their spouses’ and kids’ homelessness to Prevailing Economic Conditions. Kind of clever, really. Shifts a lot of the humanitarian burden onto the fed while keeping the tax take here. Brilliant!

Since I must, this being the internet: YES, I’m joking, in a really disgusted way.

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