The military should get rid of video gambling devices on nearly 100 overseas bases and posts

Gambling is being subsidized by the taxpayers

Besides creating more compulsive gamblers, money spent on lotteries isn't spent on other goods such as clothing or computers, which would trickle through to retailers, manufacturers and other parts of the economy

No reputable economist anywhere believes it's gambling an economic tool

Therefore 5,000 new video gambling machines costs the economy 5,000 lost jobs each year

Then they're like addicts; they can't help themselves... They will steal, cheat, embezzle and commit other crimes just to get money to gamble

Movies and Disney World don't create addicts