[Mpls] Re: Here comes a Casino! House File 2135

[Tim Bonham]

Well, this is foolish!

You talk as if these casinos are CREATING money somehow!  They aren't; all 
the money they make is taken from some other poor sucker who worked to earn 
it.  They don't create money, they just redistribute it, taking it from the 
customers and putting it into the tribes.  They have indeed made a 
millionaire out of every member of the Shakopee tribe, but that money has 
come out of the pockets of the customers of their casino.

And "wonder what shape the state would be in".  What does the state of Mn 
get out of these casinos?  They don't share in this income.  That's one of 
the things in this bill that has the gaming tribes so upset.

Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish Ericsson

>Minnesota tribes are not the blame for the bad economy, in fact; they have 
>made it
>better. I kinda wonder what shape the state would be in if there were not any
>Casinos. I think we might have been billions of dollars in the red, crime
>rates would be at a high level, More poverty etc.
>. . .
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>Del Cree..Ventura Village/Phillips