“European lotteries are the tax on fools.” FoolTaxesGamblingLottery Author:Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
“I'll give you a simple formula for straightening out the problems of the United States. First, you tax the churches. You take the tax off of capital gains and the tax off of savings. You decriminalize all and tax them same way as you do alcohol. You decriminalize . You make gambling legal. That will put the budget back on the road to recovery, and you'll have plenty of tax revenue coming in for all of your social programs, and to run the army.” WayGivingFirstsStatesProblemRunningSocialChurchSimpleUnitedUnited StatesTaxesGainsProgramArmyAlcoholRecoverySavingPlentyBudgetsGamblingFormulasRevenueSavingsCapital GainsSocial Programs Author:Frank Zappa
“The social costs, and the increased tax costs due to addicted gamblers, stay behind” SocialBehindsCostTaxesDuesGambling 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
“If gambling were banned, those social costs would drop, tax revenues from consumer goods would increase, and money would be pumped into the productive economic sector” IfsWould BeSocialEconomicCostTaxesIncreaseConsumersProductiveGamblingGoodsRevenueBanned Author:John Warren Kindt
“The smartest thing legislatures can do is get rid of lotteries and get those dollars buying consumer goods and get the sales tax revenues from that” Can DoTaxesDollarsConsumersBuyingGamblingGoodsRevenueLegislatureLotterySales Tax Author:John Warren Kindt