It’s nice to know that in their drive to soak the rich, our political representatives don’t neglect to soak the poor (and stupid) as well:
[New York] Gov. David A. Paterson announced Friday that he had selected a casino operator for the Aqueduct racetrack in Queens. It would be the ninth racetrack casino to open in the state since 2001. . . .
And there is yet another push by Senator Charles E. Schumer, Governor Paterson and elected officials in the Catskills to allow Indian tribes to build two Las Vegas-style casinos in Monticello, 90 miles northwest of Manhattan.
There was a quote in the book “Going Postal” calling casinos officially sanctioned fleecing schemes. Either have the guts to raise taxes or don’t spend the money, but don’t use casinos and lotteries to raise money.
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