Indexing for inflation means it won't go up faster than inflation, so I don't see the problem. Having deposits eventually reduce in value such that they don't motivate people anymore would be a problem, so this solves that. If it weren't in this bill, it would eventually happen by legislation anyway, and it makes sense. I can't understand why you'd support the bottle bill but don't because of this very sensible and straightforward provision. What's the PITA?
As for casinos, no, they will destroy jobs. That is very very clear. Everywhere that has added casinos since the first two (Las Vegas and Atlantic City) saw a net loss of jobs due to them within a fairly short time. The first two worked out differently only because they were the only ones in the country so they drew a national audience, something that's not going to happen here. People already go to other states, and that's just fine; we don't need to damage our economy and vastly increase our costs to government, just to get those people to gamble here instead, when it's a net loss to us.
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Date: 2014-10-28 22:57 (UTC)As for casinos, no, they will destroy jobs. That is very very clear. Everywhere that has added casinos since the first two (Las Vegas and Atlantic City) saw a net loss of jobs due to them within a fairly short time. The first two worked out differently only because they were the only ones in the country so they drew a national audience, something that's not going to happen here. People already go to other states, and that's just fine; we don't need to damage our economy and vastly increase our costs to government, just to get those people to gamble here instead, when it's a net loss to us.