A Marathon vs. A Can of Mountain Dew

A Marathon vs. A Can of Mountain Dew

A great piece from Sunday’s New York Post. A few quotes that highlight the problems of expanding gambling:

“Economic development is a marathon, legalized gambling a can of Mountain Dew.

It may give you a spurt of energy, but it won’t get you to the finish line.

Gambling simply isn’t like other forms of entertainment — it feeds on desperation and addiction, creating pawn shops and trailer parks instead of a middle class.”

We could not have said it better ourselves. Expanding gambling is the wrong social and economic policy for Florida. It has destroyed Atlantic City, and we don’t need it in Florida.

How Banning Gambling Can Save Atlantic City

Aug. 17, 2014
By Kyle Smith
New York Post

It’s time for one last-ditch effort to save Atlantic City. They’ve tried everything else, so why not this one: Make gambling illegal.

Now is as good a time as any to call it: Atlantic City is dead. The 1970s gambling experiment is a dismal failure that failed to bring lasting economic development.

Read the full story here