Casinos don't bring business except for the gambling boys

If the government wants to stimulate the economy, it should outlaw gambling

While advocates of legalized gambling say it brings in revenues needed for education and other uses, it actually has led to higher taxes, loss of jobs, economic disruption of non-gambling businesses, increased crime and higher social-welfare costs

The smartest thing legislatures can do is get rid of lotteries and get those dollars buying consumer goods and get the sales tax revenues from that

And as far as jobs go, for every one job that the casino creates, one is lost in the 35-mile feeder market

Gamblers spend 10 percent less on food; 25 percent less on clothing and 35 percent less on savings

Any legislator who says he doesn't see the downside hasn't done his homework