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Famous John Warren Kindt Quotes
“The casinos are walking out of states with at least $1 billion in their pockets to Las Vegas”
“This is an industry that generates addicted gamblers and they are desperate to get money”
“Every video [slot] gambling machine takes $60,000 out of the consumer economy”
“$60,000 spent in a consumer economy multiplies by respending into $180,000”
“The real loss by gambling is $180,000 to the consumer economy for each slot machine”
“Studies in Australia have verified this drain on the economy by video gambling machines”
“For every slot machine you add, you lose one job per year from the consumer economy”
“Therefore 5,000 new video gambling machines costs the economy 5,000 lost jobs each year”
“Legalized gambling cost taxpayers $3 for every $1 in state revenue to government”
“Any legislator who says he doesn't see the downside hasn't done his homework”
“My bottom line is this is no time to be gambling with our economy”
“Gamblers spend 10 percent less on food; 25 percent less on clothing and 35 percent less on savings”
“Thirty-seven percent of gamblers dip into their savings to fulfill their habit”
“In 1993, 40 percent of Minnesota restaurateurs reported declines attributed to casinos”
“Bankruptcies and addictions increase in areas with casinos”
“Your addiction rate will go up if you have gambling in this area”
“The socio-economic impact of gambling addiction is comparable to drug and alcohol addiction”
“The gambling interests like to point to the construction jobs, but those jobs go away”
“The social costs, and the increased tax costs due to addicted gamblers, stay behind”
“No reputable economist anywhere believes it's gambling an economic tool”
“If the government wants to stimulate the economy, it should outlaw gambling”
“One to 2 percent of the population becomes addicted gamblers”
“27 percent to 55 percent of casino revenues come from problem or pathological gamblers”
“Bankruptcies increase 18 percent to 42 percent above the national average”
“If you want your 401k to come back, recriminalize gambling”