Posted on 02/07/2009 7:45:40 PM PST by AtlasStalled
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell -- the architect of the 2004 law that brought slots casinos to the state -- now wants to legalize the use of video poker machines in taverns and clubs in a move to generate $500 million in tax revenue for his state.
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Pennsylvania will look like Back to the Future II soon.
Slot machines but no ashtrays?.. both make a lot of $$$$$ for the State
They don’t call him “Fast Eddie” for nothin’.
Gambling is great...a great way to get the poor to pay more than their fair share of taxes, that is! If Ed allows smoking in the bars with poker machines then he’s got the trifecta of poor taxes—drinking, gambling and smoking.
Hmm. I’ve got no problem with it. Their money to waste. *shrug*
Then they will expand to 7-11’s and mcDonalds!
Well, not sure the state would authorize that, but they may. Still, if people wanna toss their money away, let em.
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