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Gambling is a catalyst for economic downturn

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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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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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Lotteries boost state revenues in the short run but don't feed the economy in the long run
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When governments legalize and encourage gambling, they are creating addictions among their citizens
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If you want your 401k to come back, recriminalize gambling
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The real loss by gambling is $180,000 to the consumer economy for each slot machine
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While gambling addiction can be a social justice reason for some to ban gambling, the economic evidence suggests that the social and economic costs of gambling are $3 to the taxpayers for every $1 in benefits
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Actually, they should just roll it all back get rid of gambling...It destabilizes the U.S. economy
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What we really need is a federal intervention plan, which calls for a moratorium on gambling in the U.S.
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There would be economic disruption in Omaha from expanded gambling...You would just be moving Chernobyl closer to the population center
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No reputable economist anywhere believes it's gambling an economic tool
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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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We beat the Great Depression without lotteries and legalized gambling
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Taxpayers would likely be responsible for treating addicts
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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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