At one
point in time people welcomed the gambling
establishments in hopes that they would help
revive their community, increase jobs and
increase economic development. As each
placed opened, it did just that. They
created jobs, increased revenues for local
businesses and created construction jobs as
they began to grow. It was a positive
influence in the community, but as time went
on more and more people began to spend their
money on a chance to win, the gambling
establishments grew and local businesses
began to suffer.
People
never realized the negative affect the gambling establishments
created because local politicians supported these places. People
were not given all the facts.
There are
states that had the statistics, but still went ahead and welcomed
the gambling establishments with open arms.
The
gambling ling establishments attracted a large percentage of their
employees from an estimated fifty mile radius negative affecting
local business establishments.
The
gambling establishments are able to have better benefits and hourly
wages then local businesses.
Communities
hear that a thousand construction jobs have just been created due to
the local gambling establishment’s expansion. What people don’t
realize is this new expansion once completed will take more jobs
from our local businesses. One place grew so big they began to
transport employees by bus that lives over fifty miles away.
No one ever
took the time to realize that these places could not expand if
people didn’t lose their money gambling. These places are parasites
and leeches that have no concern for those lives and businesses they
have destroyed.
The
gambling establishments are here to stay as long as local
governments depend upon them for tax revenue. Once gambling hits
epidemic proportions where tax payers and businesses can no longer
make their tax payments nothing will ever change. It’s unfortunate
the governments are playing a wait and see game before they will
react.
