FLORIDA CITIZENS AGAINST GAMBLING EXPANSION
We’ve all heard the promises: lower taxes, economic development, jobs, and lots of good clean fun. If you listen to the people pushing for a new state-run casino, expanding gambling is a good bet for everyone involved. It’s hard to deny the allure of more gambling money. Who wouldn’t want more jobs, lower taxes, and more money going to balance our state budget.
IF IT SOUNDS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE… YOU CAN BET IT IS!
Governor Rick Scott, Senator Ellyn Bogdanoff, and State Representative Erik Fressen and all the proponents of gambling make a lot of promises about the benefits, but how much have you really heard about the potential costs of getting the government more addicted to gambling dollars?
Let’s dispel the biggest myth first: a new state casino won’t create any new wealth or jobs for Florida. While casinos might redistribute wealth from one region to another, in general they simply suck up resources that had previously gone to local businesses and entertainment venues.
When governments pin their hopes on casinos to revive a failing economy, you can bet they will fail. Detroit, Atlantic City, East Saint Louis and other cities have placed their bets on gambling to revive a failing economy, and have paid the price. In New Orleans a new casino promised to bring 50,000 jobs, and delivered only 5% of that number.
Here are the TRUE FACTS ABOUT GAMBLING
You can tell your legislator how you feel
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