Gambling Issues Shows Cincinnati Council’s real problem.
It seems like a cliché. For many years the gambling lobby has been pushing for more legalized gambling. They promise more money for local economies, local governments, and local schools. The anti-gambling groups talk about the evils of legalized gambling, increased crime, poor families gambling too much, and compulsive gambling. In states like Indiana, gambling went through pretty quickly, in Ohio, this battle has been going on for over 10 years. Instead of talking about the pluses and minuses of legalized gambling, why is it now that what was once immoral and strictly illegal, now all of a sudden getting the support of so many politicians?
As a Libertarian, one obviously gets disgusted when government decides that it is their job to protect people from themselves. If non-government run gambling is allowed to legally occur in Ohio, and Cincinnati, it certainly does allow people to do what they want to do, so long as they are not infringing on the rights of others. But why are our local politicians getting behind it so much now. In the 1980’s, Governor Celeste never pushed for legalized gambling. Neither did Mayor Luken. But now, Luken tries to convince you that Cincinnati NEEDS it to survive.
This whole issue seems to show the spending problem that we have here in Cincinnati, and Ohio. Our politicians have spent way too much money on wasteful pet project and damaging bureaucracies. All the while people and businesses left Cincinnati by the droves in large part because lower taxes made for a better business environment. Many people left the city as well because their jobs left the area. So instead of curbing spending, they spent more, despite the fact that they cannot afford what they are buying.
The issue with legalized gambling in Cincinnati should be a wake up call to show you how addicted to spending our politicians have become. Instead of finding ways to cut back, just as an ordinary family does, the city finds it proper to resort to gambling to get out of their financial muck.
As a Libertarian, one obviously gets disgusted when government decides that it is their job to protect people from themselves. If non-government run gambling is allowed to legally occur in Ohio, and Cincinnati, it certainly does allow people to do what they want to do, so long as they are not infringing on the rights of others. But why are our local politicians getting behind it so much now. In the 1980’s, Governor Celeste never pushed for legalized gambling. Neither did Mayor Luken. But now, Luken tries to convince you that Cincinnati NEEDS it to survive.
This whole issue seems to show the spending problem that we have here in Cincinnati, and Ohio. Our politicians have spent way too much money on wasteful pet project and damaging bureaucracies. All the while people and businesses left Cincinnati by the droves in large part because lower taxes made for a better business environment. Many people left the city as well because their jobs left the area. So instead of curbing spending, they spent more, despite the fact that they cannot afford what they are buying.
The issue with legalized gambling in Cincinnati should be a wake up call to show you how addicted to spending our politicians have become. Instead of finding ways to cut back, just as an ordinary family does, the city finds it proper to resort to gambling to get out of their financial muck.
posted by CincinnatiLibertarian at 3:44 PM
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