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I would hate to see the state of Wisconsin make another mistake and locate another casino in a high-density population area
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If gambling were banned, those social costs would drop, tax revenues from consumer goods would increase, and money would be pumped into the productive economic sector
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A study in Illinois in the mid-1990s found that 65 percent of businesses were hurt by the proximity of gambling
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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
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Therefore 5,000 new video gambling machines costs the economy 5,000 lost jobs each year
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Lotteries boost state revenues in the short run but don't feed the economy in the long run
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My bottom line is this is no time to be gambling with our economy
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The casinos are walking out of states with at least $1 billion in their pockets to Las Vegas
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The social costs, and the increased tax costs due to addicted gamblers, stay behind
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