I believe casinos in Texas are a great idea. I believe casinos not only are a great boost to the economy, but it would help with the 25 billion dollar budget shortfall. Casinos would help the budget shortfall by bringing tourism into the state. The state would have new people visiting from other areas of the country, and they would bring their dollars here in Texas. This would bring extra tax revenue into the state, not only gambling revenue, but tax revenue from the brand new restaurants and hotels that casinos usually build.
Also people that live in Texas that travel to other states such as Louisiana or Oklahoma to gamble would keep their gambling dollars in state, and Texas could collect that tax revenue as well. This should save the state from cutting from education or from health services to fix the budget shortfall problem. We need to put as much money into these services as we can.
Now I hear the argument that if casinos existed in Texas that it would bring all sorts of problems. One such problem is the addiction problem, where a man would gamble his mortgage away inside a casino. My answer to that is it is not my problem, but the right answer is that if a person is that addicted to gambling to the point that he is taking his mortgage payment inside the casino, then that person is taking his mortgage payment outside the state of Texas, might as well keep those dollars in state. Another potential problem is the “moral” issue that would be brought up by the “religious right”; I have a question for these people. What are morals? Are morals facts or opinions? Also these same people are pro-business and nothing would increase jobs as quickly as casinos. The other reason is the restaurants and hotels that are already established before casinos would take a financial hit. I agree but I don’t think it would be as bad as expected. Casinos would bring tourism from other states, and I believe that the outsiders could potentially help the hotel and definitely the restaurant industry. Have you ever eaten inside a casino? Yuk.
I’m sure that there are many more numerous solutions to antidote the budget shortfall crisis in Texas. I believe that allowing casinos in the state is a win-win for the state and its citizens.
My Colleague, Paul Lanchester’s post titled, “CASINOS? A GRAET DEAL” talks about legalizing Casinos in order to overcome budget problem. Well, I don’t believe that casinos in Texas are a great idea. It will promote more illegal activities such as thefts, fights, and alleged cheaters –dealers. It will make it easier for other illegal activities and other types of gambling. Texas would need to spend a lot more money on different type of law enforcement. My dear classmate, Paul, states that casinos will bring tourism in Texas. I do agree with him to some point but we Texans don’t really want to risk our state. It’s guaranteed that Texas will make lot of money and attract tourism but at what price? Wake up people.
ReplyDeleteLegalizing casinos means government is going to get more money out of people for a bad cause. I completely see what Paul is trying to say here. Even I have also seen people driving to Louisiana because there is no gambling here in Austin, TX. I am sorry Paul, but I personally think that gambling is immoral. It’s just a waste of time and money. Anyways, Texas has already legalized some forms of gambling to help balance the state budget and established a lottery almost two decades ago. And now, we don’t need to legalize casinos at all, its not worth it. I understand this philosophy Texan has, including Paul of wanting casinos. Believe me, Texas is a great state with a diverse communities, that’s what I named my blog too. People have good values here. Please TEXANS, rethink your stand on permitting casinos.