http://trashysworld.ca/2012/09/26/casino-in-ottawa/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=casino-in-ottawa Scribbling some perspective on Canada, Ottawa and whatever else crosses my mind... Fri, 17 May 2013 23:23:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://trashysworld.ca/2012/09/26/casino-in-ottawa/comment-page-1/#comment-135045 Chris Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:13:10 +0000 http://trashysworld.ca/?p=6724#comment-135045 The only thing that benefits from casinos are the casinos and government coffers. A lot of the money generated by casinos goes right back into the casino for expansions and improvements. The money the government gets usually goes to debt reduction, not general improvements that help local citizens. Casinos are just another way to tax the poor. A few people will be employed by the casino — maybe, but they’ll be paid minimum wage or maybe a little above. The well-paid jobs will go to skilled professionals brought in from elsewhere. How many expert black-jack dealers are there in Ottawa? Casinos don’t train. AND people who go to casinos don’t go as part of a happy family tourist excursion — they go to gamble…so they’re not spending one red cent in the community. If they stop to eat, they’ll eat at the casino. If they’re staying overnight, they’ll stay at the casino. Please go check out Niagara Falls, Windsor and other communities that have had casinos foisted on them and see if you can spot any sort of community benefit. This isn’t even taking into account the increase in crime casinos generate and the toll on problem gamblers — usually the poor.

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