Quote # 13

"When a state budget depends on legalized gambling,
the relationship between the individual and the state changes.
Instead of being a democratic instrument of service and protection,
the state assumes the role of the con, the hustler, the pimp,
appealing to people’s weaknesses in
order to exploit them.
The predictable result is that the state is discredited.
Who wants to pay taxes to the state when the state is a hustler and a con?"

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Who Said That?

Tom Grey and Greg Kafoury

Gambling will mean big losses for everybody
(April 4, 2003, Portland Oregonian)