[Phantom Lord]

The Indians and their casinos create poverty and destroy local economies. There are a multitude of examples, if you care to look.

But corporate casinos don't? And if they do, shouldn't Las Vegas, with teh povery and economic destruction that casinos cause be similar to a town in Haiti?

[hedgetrimmer]

But corporate casinos don't?

Indian casinos ARE corporate casinos. And the difference between them and las Vegas is that they exist unconstitutionally as sovereign states within states, so when you walk onto on, you are effectively in a foreign nation.

No American should support further harm to the US constitution by allowing more 'sovereign territory' to be created within the borders of this country. Especially for the purpose of vice and the siphoning of money away from the local economy.