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Gambling is being subsidized by the taxpayers

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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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You bring in gambling into a major population base, and the more people you have going into a casino, the more people you have hooked on gambling
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Gambling interests hire lots of economists to do impact studies, but what you need is cost-benefit analysis, and you'll never see the industry finance those
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Taxpayers would likely be responsible for treating addicts
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Movies and Disney World don't create addicts
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If you want your 401k to come back, recriminalize gambling
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An Osage tribal study found that between $41 million to $50 million left a 50-mile radius around their own casino
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When governments legalize and encourage gambling, they are creating addictions among their citizens
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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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The socio-economic impact of gambling addiction is comparable to drug and alcohol addiction
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Legalized gambling is the leading cause of bankruptcy
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Your social costs, your costs to the taxpayers, are $3 for every $1 of benefits, it's not good economic development
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It is not economic development it's about taking money out of the consumer economy and shipping it off to Las Vegas
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