Broompilot
Veteran Expediter
I just do not get it Post, Rich M told a great story about its affect on some drivers and WE are suppost to bail out the addict.
How many signs do we see promiting this Industry? What is its true cost to Society? I do not have the answer but I know its BIG, bigger than any of us could comprehend.
This is one thing I know about Gambling and you may dissagree and than I will tell my story on a personal expirence. Gambling creates no jobs beyond the table and the person who counts the $ after you throw it on the table.
In short someone builds a shed in there back yard, $ was spent on Materaials that supported the local lumber yard, that employed several people, the truck that transported the lumber, from the Mill, the driver who and lumberjack who transported and cut the tree down and the owner of the property that invested into the land and trees, the metal mfg that made the nails, and the shingles all transported by TRUCKs, now all that $ was either invested back into the local economy or spent on groceries, fuel, etc....
Casinos reinvest into nothing beyond its emplyees and advertsing, thus the BUCK STOPS THERE is the simple way to explaine it. This is a cruel way to make a $ stripping people of the pay that should go into raising there families, but since thats not possible ME AND YOU get to support the difference for them since they cannot support themsleves due to the Gambling Addiction that sucks them in. Think this is a joke what I writing? Look at any Gambling sign in small print it states "those with a gambling problem 1-800 XXX XXXX) like this relieves them from the slime they bring to society.
I love Casinos, for entertainment, food, and watching all of those deer in the headlights pulling the lever every time they put another hard working dollar into the machine and LOOSE over the long term you cannot win unless your a cheating professional or card reader.
Now for my expierence, 15 years had a great set of Tennants outside of Detroit, never late on a payment never any problems. Than Windsor came alone so did late rent payments. Than Detroit opened its Casinos and it just stopped, I was forced to Evict these people and there children from what had become HOME. And guess who the bad guy is? Me the owner of the property, heck its all my fault they spent every last dime in the Casinos I did it I threw them out, but was suppost to be sorry.
I cannot fault anyone for enjoying dropping a couple of bucks, but the additciton that this industry wants us to consume is sickening. Build it bigger, better, brighter, feed em drinks and they will never know who much they threw away. Sound familar?
And our States are even in on it, heck we call it EDUCATION LOTTERY? Yeah right its called DIVERSION or better yet stealing from the uneducated, who plays lotteries over and over? College Educated well established people right?
Did you know that people who win a Lottery are 4 times more likely to get divorced. I wonder what the same odds for those who Gamble who cannot afford or should not do so are?
Sorry for the lenght and the topic.
How many signs do we see promiting this Industry? What is its true cost to Society? I do not have the answer but I know its BIG, bigger than any of us could comprehend.
This is one thing I know about Gambling and you may dissagree and than I will tell my story on a personal expirence. Gambling creates no jobs beyond the table and the person who counts the $ after you throw it on the table.
In short someone builds a shed in there back yard, $ was spent on Materaials that supported the local lumber yard, that employed several people, the truck that transported the lumber, from the Mill, the driver who and lumberjack who transported and cut the tree down and the owner of the property that invested into the land and trees, the metal mfg that made the nails, and the shingles all transported by TRUCKs, now all that $ was either invested back into the local economy or spent on groceries, fuel, etc....
Casinos reinvest into nothing beyond its emplyees and advertsing, thus the BUCK STOPS THERE is the simple way to explaine it. This is a cruel way to make a $ stripping people of the pay that should go into raising there families, but since thats not possible ME AND YOU get to support the difference for them since they cannot support themsleves due to the Gambling Addiction that sucks them in. Think this is a joke what I writing? Look at any Gambling sign in small print it states "those with a gambling problem 1-800 XXX XXXX) like this relieves them from the slime they bring to society.
I love Casinos, for entertainment, food, and watching all of those deer in the headlights pulling the lever every time they put another hard working dollar into the machine and LOOSE over the long term you cannot win unless your a cheating professional or card reader.
Now for my expierence, 15 years had a great set of Tennants outside of Detroit, never late on a payment never any problems. Than Windsor came alone so did late rent payments. Than Detroit opened its Casinos and it just stopped, I was forced to Evict these people and there children from what had become HOME. And guess who the bad guy is? Me the owner of the property, heck its all my fault they spent every last dime in the Casinos I did it I threw them out, but was suppost to be sorry.
I cannot fault anyone for enjoying dropping a couple of bucks, but the additciton that this industry wants us to consume is sickening. Build it bigger, better, brighter, feed em drinks and they will never know who much they threw away. Sound familar?
And our States are even in on it, heck we call it EDUCATION LOTTERY? Yeah right its called DIVERSION or better yet stealing from the uneducated, who plays lotteries over and over? College Educated well established people right?
Did you know that people who win a Lottery are 4 times more likely to get divorced. I wonder what the same odds for those who Gamble who cannot afford or should not do so are?
Sorry for the lenght and the topic.
