This is a very serious matter, because it is our children who are the prize for this community, they are specifically targeting our children.
What we really need is a federal intervention plan, which calls for a moratorium on gambling in the U. S.
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
The social costs, and the increased tax costs due to addicted gamblers, stay behind
The casinos are walking out of states with at least $1 billion in their pockets to Las Vegas
It is not economic development; it's about taking money out of the consumer economy and shipping it off to Las Vegas
Therefore 5,000 new video gambling machines costs the economy 5,000 lost jobs each year
In 88 poor countries for which we have data, in each and every one of the 88, the PPP for food shows that poor people can buy less food than you would expect from the PPP that the World Bank is using. The reason for this is obvious on reflection. It has to do with the fact that most foodstuffs are tradable commodities: basic foodstuffs, such as rice, flour and beans, can easily be conveyed across national borders and their prices will therefore roughly mirror the exchange rates among currencies.
I try to write lyrics so that they won't age, which sort of leaves you with the big subjects like death and love and sex and violence.
You will be nearer to Heaven through foot ball than through study of Gita.
Forgive yourself and forgive others around you.