Gambling Pimps

If at first you don't succeed, enlist a Governor and a Speaker.............

How many times do the voters have to say we don't want gambling in Ohio. Except the lottery, of course. Just a little hypocrisy, but voters have that right.

Ohio House Speaker Armond Budish
"As the beleaguered state looks for money, new House Speaker Armond Budish is willing to consider casino gambling"

Why not legalize marijuana while we're at it? We need the money, we could tax it!!!

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland
"But for Strickland, desperate times call for desperate measures. "I think it is impossible to know how deep this recession is going to be or how long it is going to last," Strickland, a Democrat, said in an interview on Thursday. "I am therefore willing to keep an open mind and listen to whatever argument that may be brought to me regarding gambling.""

So if things get bad enough, we'll legalize anything? Why not prostitution, Ted? The AFSCME union could use the new legal members and their dues could be funnelled back to you via campaign contributions.
Come on Governor, you've always been against gambling. Do your core values change this easy?

You'll notice that both of these men have already met with gambling "officials" I wonder how much campaign money they were promised?

State Representative Jennifer Garrison gets it:
"Garrison said she would be opposed to any expanded gaming in Ohio."I do not support it, and I think voters in Ohio have spoken several times now about how they feel about it," Garrison said. "There are a lot of negative impacts on communities where there is gambling."

I've got an idea if we think our tax money is shrinking: CUT SPENDING. THEN IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, CUT SPENDING, THEN IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, CUT SPENDING!

We don't need a gambling ponzi scheme that is proven to harm society.