Dirty Tax

July 19, 2007 @ 08:34

David Miller has used the "C" word. On the heels of having his taxation plan deferred at city council on Monday, Miller has become of a fountain of ideas on how to make-up Toronto's fiscal shortfall and a casino is one of them.

Personally, I hate casinos. I think they're creepy places that attract too much of the wrong people and when I refer to the wrong people I mean people who have no business throwing good money after bad when they can't afford it.

To me, casinos are a legal form of theft. Look at the odds, look at the opulence and look at the profits. People may win from time to time at a casino, but that's a rare exception to the rule.

Most of the time casinos are stealing your money while praying on your desperation and naivety. Casinos have caused untold heartbreak in many families and created addiction where there was none before.

But beyond that you have to wonder where all the money goes. Like lotteries, casinos in Ontario were designed as a form of taxation with proceeds going to specific projects. But somewhere along the way we lost sight of all that.

The money raised can't really be traced to anything specific with most of it ending up in "general revenue" to be pissed away like regular tax dollars.

So even if Toronto does get a casino, who's to say Torontonians will ever really benefit from it or that the money will end up where it should - and is having a this form of taxation where senior citizens literally connect themselves to slot machines the way to go?

You can be sure that sooner than later signs and billboards will be posted for those suffering from a gambling addiction, much like they have in Niagara Falls and Windsor.

Some might argue that casinos are no different than cigarettes and alcohol, two other forms of taxation that can cause pain and suffering, but there's a distinct difference.

It's too late to ban cigarettes and alcohol, but it's not too late to stop building casinos.

Category: Politics

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July 19, 2007 / 11:13

I agree with most of your points Fred. But, if ever there was a right place for a casino, it would be Toronto.

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