Detroit Escorts: Joe Hallett commentary: Downtown could end up big loser if casino issue passes

October 13, 2009 at 1:37 am | In Detroit escorts | No Comments

… That’s $100,000 that’s not being spent on cars, refrigerators, computers and the necessities of life: food, clothing, banking, savings,” Kindt said. It also won’t be spent at Huntington Park, Nationwide Arena and the Short North’s restaurants and shops.
Casinos adversely hit the wallets of all citizens. Studies presented to Congress project that the cost of legalized gambling to taxpayers is at least $3 for every $1 of theoretical benefit, primarily due to increased crime and addiction.
It is indisputable that with casinos come rises in assaults, rape, robbery, burglary, auto theft, bankruptcies, embezzlements, child abuse, homelessness, drug usage and prostitution. After a 10-year study, researchers at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology concluded in 2006 that crime increased 8 percent to 10 percent on average after a casino opened in a county — and crime increases continued thereafter.

See the full article from “Columbus Dispatch”

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