Point: There’s more good than bad to casino gambling
As printed in the Eagle Tribune March 23, 2008
The extremes in the casino debate have hijacked the reality of the debate itself. Those in the opposing camp predict economic devastation predicated by catastrophic social costs. Those in the camp favoring casinos point to them as a panacea for all of the commonwealth’s current fiscal difficulties – the solution to local aid and the myriad other costs currently crippling communities and families. Putting aside these polarizing views, neither of which is likely to happen, let’s take a look at the facts.
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