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re: Games of Skill - "Casinos" Skyrocketing in Arkansas
Posted on 2/9/14 at 9:10 am to j1897
Posted on 2/9/14 at 9:10 am to j1897
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The people who cannot afford to are often the people who frequent these places, then get taxpayer subsidies for thier poor lifestyle choices.
I am not really 'anti-casino', in fact I have spent a few dollars a them and used to throw a few bucks at the horses at Oaklawn. Lottery gets high enough and I'll by %20 worth of numbers...
But I really saw the sad side as I was leaving a casino in Greenville, MS that I had stopped at as I left town on a business call.
As I was walking down the 'gangplank' walkway, an elderly African American couple were walking in, clutching what was obviously their social security check, which they were going to cash - and you could see it in their eyes: This time they were going to hit it big. Most likely left there with much less than they went in with.
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Posted on 2/9/14 at 9:18 am to WonderWartHawg
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As I was walking down the 'gangplank' walkway, an elderly African American couple were walking in, clutching what was obviously their social security check, which they were going to cash - and you could see it in their eyes: This time they were going to hit it big. Most likely left there with much less than they went in with.
That is sad yet I don't feel that sorry for her.. My generation won't even have a social security check to spend yet her generation helped kick the can down the road on our massive problems. Heck, she might be old and is bored therefore just wanting something to do knowing the next check will just keep on coming like it always does. Thanks to us who let it happen. She is to far behind the eight-ball to invest anyway. I'm all for helping people but giving them money is not the right way to help someone in need. Education and food in my opinion.
If you invested for a 10% return over 40 yrs it would take you $2,300 a month put away to have $1 Million dollars in year 40. Good luck finding anything besides the stock market that pays a continual average rate of 10% return.
Why would y'all not want to keep the money in-state?
This post was edited on 2/9/14 at 9:50 am
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