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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ghazala Hashmi wins the Virginia lieutenant governor's race, NBC News projects

First female Muslim to win a statewide race.  It’s a good night for Va dems [/quote]

The one who is in favor of the Tysons casino?  Yes, great night in VA.  /s   :roll:  :roll: [/quote]

I mean, yeah! Defeat MAGA! Woo-boo! But now we have to beat down the craziness that comes with the yahoos we elected (like the casino), so they don’t destroy Tyson’s like Trump destroyed the East Wing.[/quote]

Casino support seems very uncorrelated to party affiliation[/quote]

Everyone should be against gambling.[/quote]

Why? It's a source of revenue, and jobs are disappearing from Virginia like crazy.  Obviously, nobody wants gambling addicts, any more than we want to have alcoholics, but no one is against having bars (apart from some religious fundamentalists).[/quote]

It’s that the “revenue” is largely coming from the people who can least afford to provide it. Everyone hopes to lure the whales when they open a casino, but gambling is fundamentally a poor man’s pastime. I don’t know anyone in my UMC community that goes to MGM or Charlestown for fun. Even Vegas is passé. [/quote]

We can use the revenue from the gambling taxes to fund programs to support the poor. Problem solved.[/quote]

Yup.  Lots of activities are targeted to those who least can afford it--smoking, alcohol etc.  I don't see why casinos are different from other vices.[/quote]

Because casinos draw the poor people making the poor choices into a concentrated area. Have you ever seen the slot floor at the MGM in Maryland?[/quote]

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