Gambling has a zero-sum economic effect in its market and, like legalizing cocaine, the socio-economic costs of legalizing … - John Warren Kindt

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Gambling has a zero-sum economic effect in its market and, like legalizing cocaine, the socio-economic costs of legalizing gambling overwhelm the benefits

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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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The social costs, and the increased tax costs due to addicted gamblers, stay behind

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

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