“A shrinking economy means lost sales and lost jobs” MeanJobsLostEconomyGamblingShrinking Author:John Warren Kindt
“For every slot machine you add, you lose one job per year from the consumer economy” YearsJobsLosesEconomyMachinesAddConsumersGamblingSlot Machines Author:John Warren Kindt
“Therefore 5,000 new video gambling machines costs the economy 5,000 lost jobs each year” YearsJobsLostEconomyCostMachinesVideoGambling Author:John Warren Kindt
“The gambling interests like to point to the construction jobs, but those jobs go away” JobsInterestGamblingGoing AwayConstruction Author:John Warren Kindt
“For every three machines, you lose two jobs out of the surrounding economy because people are dumping their money on gambling” PeopleTwoJobsThreeLosesEconomyMachinesGamblingTwo Jobs Author:John Warren Kindt
“And as far as jobs go, for every one job that the casino creates, one is lost in the 35-mile feeder market” JobsLostMilesGamblingCasinos Author:John Warren Kindt
“While advocates of legalized gambling say it brings in revenues needed for education and other uses, it actually has led to higher taxes, loss of jobs, economic disruption of non-gambling businesses, increased crime and higher social-welfare costs” UseJobsSocialLossEconomicCrimeNeededHigherCostTaxesWelfareGamblingRevenueDisruptionSocial WelfareJob Loss Author:John Warren Kindt