HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS EDITORIAL: …Gambling, the argument goes, is a voluntary activity — unlike paying taxes, nobody is forced to do it. So why not keep tapping this form of “entertainment” to pay more and more for government services?…
But the more government expands legalized gambling, the more it exploits vulnerable people – compulsive gamblers or those who are stuck in lives of poverty and desperation…
Open the legalized gambling door too far, and too many compulsive gamblers will drive themselves and their families into bankruptcy and homelessness. Even more poor and desperate people, instead of saving money to get ahead, will throw it away in hopes of a big payday. As big money moves in to take advantage of liberalized gambling rules, millions and millions of dollars will flow into a part of the economy that does nothing productive but move money from one person’s pocket to another… (more)
EDITOR: Allowing gambling in taverns is an unwarranted temptation to imbibers who do not have their wits about them. Little good can come of it. Shame on the sponsors.
