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Tuesday, September 18. 2007

Massachusetts: Old and busted

The would-be socialist paradise that is Massachusetts wants even more of our money. Gov. Patrick is talking casinos. Viking:

Hey, why stop at casinos? Why not bring in some whorehouses which will also "create jobs" and "generate new government revenue." Aside from the social issues and crime that a casino invites, there's the new image of Massachusetts. Old and busted: Plymouth Rock, USS Constitution and Tanglewood. New and hot: slot machines and the "hard eight."

More from Squaring the Boston Globe.

I do not approve of government-sponsored gambling of any sort, for any reason. The need to define the immoral trumps my libertarian instincts in this case. If MA needs honest jobs in clean businesses, all they have to do is to lower their taxes and the jobs will flow in. At present, they have an outflow of both jobs and people. You could term it a flight from socialism.

Image: The wonderful concept of the Boston Tea Party has long been missing as a Massachusetts icon.

Posted by Bird Dog in Politics at 11:26 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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How 'bout dope? Don't forget dope!
#1 buddy larsen on 2007-09-18 12:57 (Reply)
The town I live in borders Middleboro and now, thanks to Saintless (Duval) Patrick I have to spend more of my free time trying to put a stop to this sordid business.
#2 amos on 2007-09-18 13:55 (Reply)
"The lottery is a tax on people bad at math." It is the ultimate means of extracting money from the poor with their willing compliance. The only benefit I can see from state lotteries is that they put the mob's Numbers Racket out of business.

But as the governor said about terrorists, perhaps we don't try hard enould to love and understand our crooks. Maybe it was unfair to put those nice Sicilians (who all have mothers) out of business. But, of course, we can give our crooks plenty of jobs in Boston politics, can't we?
#3 Gwynnie on 2007-09-19 09:51 (Reply)

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