BCT Editorial – 11/2/08

This page was last updated on November 2, 2008.

Trade-off; Editorial; Beaver County Times; November 2, 2008.

I’m not sure what the point is of this editorial. It seems to try to draw come conclusion from comparing the tax shift from payers of wage and/or property taxes to those who gamble. In doing so, the editorial focused on gambling losses while ignoring the entertainment value most gamblers get from the activity. In other words, gamblers pay for both entertainment and the chance to win more money. You won’t catch me throwing my money away this way, but you’re not telling the whole story if you omit the entertainment aspect.