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Bro. David's Notes: Update
02/15/07
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Gambling:
Prov. 28:8 …20….Isaiah 10:1,2 …I Tim.
6:9,10
Exodus 20:17..Thou shalt not covet..
Gambling is not acting on faith, nor is gambling simply
taking a risk…gambling is taking an artificial risk for
hope of excessive gain far beyond what investment of
time, money or skill would justify.
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The Ten Commandments: The battle over the
Ten Commandments is not finished in Kentucky...
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Areas
Impacted by the Expansion of Gambling: David Carr
Our communities are facing a
tremendous trial and challenge from the Gambling
Industry who will try and rob our communities of its economy
and morals. They will heavily lobby our Legislators every
year to legalize the expansion of gambling. It is of utmost
importance you understand the issue and encourage your
Representatives to always vote against the expansion of
gambling.
There are 4 areas that
will be heavily impacted by the expansion of gambling.
Number One: The Family…Why? Because
mothers and fathers can gamble…not businesses, corporations,
institutions, schools churches, etc. Thus, all the money
the gambling interests want to “give” to government will
come directly from Kentucky families. Number Two:
Business…because as hundreds of millions of
dollars will be sucked from the economy by the hugh proposed
expansion, there will be fewer funds available to be spent
at businesses. Number Three: Government
- because, given the size of the expansion, the gambling
industry will become the most powerful lobbying force in the
state. Number Four: The Vulnerable…many
gamblers (not all, but many), will be drawn into a gambling
mire and lose big. Then they will lose “even bigger”
through stress, child abuse, spouse abuse, divorce,
indebtedness, bankruptcy, depression, suicide, etc.
Donald Trump, a Casino owner,
interviewed by the Miami Herald said, “People will spend a
tremendous amount of money in casinos, money they would
normally spend on buying a refrigerator or a new car.
Local businesses will suffer because they lose
customer dollars to casinos.”
Warren Buffett, an
international investment advisor, said this as well:
“It’s a terrible way to raise money (for government).
It’s a tax on ignorance! ... I don’t like the
idea of government depending, for certain portions of its
revenue, on hoodwinking citizens!”
Robert Goodman, Ph.D,
Hamshire College said, “Most of the people pouring money
into their {casino} slot machines will be local residents.
Instead of bringing new dollars to the local economy,
gambling will siphon away consumer dollars from other local
businesses.”
Nelson Rose, Professor of
Whittier School of Law contributes to the criticism by
saying, “A casino acts like a black hole, sucking all the
money out of the local economy.”
The Bible encourages a Christian and
his community to … “labor, working with our own hands…I
Corinthians 4:1. The Bible continues to encourage us by
saying, “Let him stole, steal no more: but rather let him
labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that
he may have to give to him that needeth.” Ephesians 4: 7, 8.
In conclusion, a 1997 nationwide SMR
Research Corporation study showed that bankruptcies were 18%
higher in counties with one gambling facility and 23% higher
in counties with five or more, when compared to counties
with no gambling facilities. In South Dakota after two
years of legalized casino and slots play, gambling was one
of the leading causes of business and personal bankruptcy.
Here are some examples to where gambling may take you. A
Louisville man stole $130,000 from a dentist and spent over
$200,000 at Churchill Downs and casinos over a two year
period, according to police documentation. … A Missouri
student loan officer embezzled $30,000 from a community
college. A 61 year old Louisville resident embezzled
$493,180 from the US Postal Service and lost it at Caesars’
in Indiana. The Keifer, Oklahoma town clerk embezzled over
$250,000 to play Bingo, losing up to $2,000 per night.
Family members repaid the money to prevent the community
from having its gas and electricity cut off. Should I say
anything else? This is a very serious matter!
* The Family Foundation contributed
to this article
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