I don't gamble. I 'm afraid if I won anything substantial, I might get hooked.
I don't judge people who gamble. I listen to them tell how much they won and note they don't tell how much it cost .. Or how long it took, sitting anxiously at a table.
It seems logical to me, if people win as much as they claim, casinos would not be lucrative and the government wouldn't be pulling in millions of dollars they don't have to account for.
The high deficit the government has itself created, is the reason given by the Minister of Finance for a new casino in Toronto.
Setting aside a percentage to help people who become addicted and gamble away the family food budget is not really comforting. Who takes care of the misery in a family whose parent has a gambling addiction. What about the kids.
This government boasted about labour peace in the last election.
We subsequently read doctors' salaries had doubled during that time. Teachers seemed pretty content at the same time.
Today we see a headline that social assistance will be frozen for the next year.
We also see the cost of living has increased more than 2%
It means the value of social assistance is that much less.
People on the public payroll, earning in excess of $100,000, with 3% increases, will see more than enough increases to cover the cost of living.
It's a good thing this government doesn't claim to be for social justice.
They would be liars.
Opening a new casino to earn money from gambling to pay for this government excessive spending, strikes me as contributing very little to a society's morals.
Is that the business of government?
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