Do you feel lucky? Do you? Almost everyone’s gambled at some point in his life, laying down money on everything from lottery tickets to Vegas poker tables. The thrill of chasing that elusive jackpot has turned gambling into a multi-billion-dollar industry, but there’s a personal risk that comes with every wager. With nearly 500 casinos currently open for business in the U.S. has legalized gambling gone too far?
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Real Costs for Everyone
- From Coalition Against Legalized Gambling
By National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling - Your Home for Gambling Facts
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37 billion?
Just something to consider:
"the yearly national health care costs of eating meat are comparable to the estimated $50 billion spent each year to treat illnesses related to smoking."
from: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9B07E1DC1339F932A15752C1A963958260
That's over 10 billion MORE than the costs of gambling. And that's just the health issues. That's not accounting for the environmental damage caused by meat-eating.
The costs to other citizens is worth considering, but if we do it, let's start with the things that cost the public the most, such as meat-eating.
- ElaineVigneault
September 7, 2008 11:16AM
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