tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906854738305262612.post3008674268705289839..comments2024-01-16T13:45:18.658-06:00Comments on The North Coast: Subsidizing Social Pathology: Gambling as a Tool for Economic DevelopmentThe North Coasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14292115710427172625noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906854738305262612.post-59518055757546129512007-12-26T16:20:00.000-06:002007-12-26T16:20:00.000-06:00I don't see anything wrong with online gambling as...I don't see anything wrong with <A HREF="http://www.gambling.ph" REL="nofollow">online gambling</A> as long as their are safeguards in place to protect problem gamblers. When you play<BR/>online, you can play at your own pace, with no noise, no smoking, and lower stakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906854738305262612.post-71447453505343897922007-06-03T05:11:00.000-05:002007-06-03T05:11:00.000-05:00Ryne, did you know that over half the work force w...Ryne, did you know that over half the work force works for a federal, state, or local government agency of some sort?<BR/><BR/>Who pays for it all? How much more productive could we be if we didn't have to crawl through some bloated bureaucracy for everything?<BR/><BR/>And if we weren't subsidizing everything else.<BR/><BR/>People need to start asking who the gainers are in a system that shovels hundreds of millions of dollars into enterprises that don't give one fifth back in taxes but whose ownership and management walk away with ungodly sums of money in gains, dividends, and bonuses, made possible by our subsidies.The North Coasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292115710427172625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906854738305262612.post-16665153594882266922007-06-02T19:01:00.000-05:002007-06-02T19:01:00.000-05:00North Coast, yes it is scary what the "leader" who...North Coast, yes it is scary what the "leader" who are voted into office to represent us "the people" but when you look at the actions our leaders take are for big business, special interest groups, big money people!<BR/><BR/>Can you really comprehend the millions & millons of dollars the Olympic games will cost (us) the tax payers, while the private business that are behind bringing the games to Chicago, paint the benefits to the city which are untrue but will only line their pockets. Look at past cities that have hosted the games, it has taken them years, and years to dig themselves out of debt.Rynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07074070593122285538noreply@blogger.com