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		<title>By: jimbo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just out of curiosity I went to &quot;the boat&quot; near Louisville the other day. I don&#039;t gamble, no reason, I&#039;m just not interested. But I wanted to see what was going on. And what an education!

The place was clean and tidy and jammed with people. I spoke to all the employees that I could find who could spare the time. I asked about wages, benefits, and conditions. The response was uniform. They were very satisfied and all felt that the community had benefited greatly. On that side of the equation all was very positive. 

On the other side was JAS&#039;s nightmare. I&#039;ve seen the booze, tobacco, and drug addicted. This is a different breed. Those at the tables (21, craps, etc) seemed to be actually having fun. Those playing the slots were nothing more than mesmerized robots, punching a button with one finger until the money ran out, then running off to the ATM to get more. It made me ill to watch.

And yet...and yet nobody had a gun to their heads. I&#039;m not sure I even felt any sorrow on their behalf. They were pathetic in their isolation, eyes glued to the monitor. 

My conclusion is this. Raise the tax on cigarettes and booze to match neighboring states and bring in casinos but keep them out of the hands of the horsemen to make sure the state gets a fair cut. I don&#039;t think that would be onerous.

Now if I had a wish list I&#039;d suggest legalizing pot, melding 120 counties into 40, and cutting out the non-merit, non functioning, bloated, upper level political patronage. And all the above mentioned reforms, some of which are really good. But the booze and the casinos are at least possible.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just out of curiosity I went to &#8220;the boat&#8221; near Louisville the other day. I don&#8217;t gamble, no reason, I&#8217;m just not interested. But I wanted to see what was going on. And what an education!</p>
<p>The place was clean and tidy and jammed with people. I spoke to all the employees that I could find who could spare the time. I asked about wages, benefits, and conditions. The response was uniform. They were very satisfied and all felt that the community had benefited greatly. On that side of the equation all was very positive. </p>
<p>On the other side was JAS&#8217;s nightmare. I&#8217;ve seen the booze, tobacco, and drug addicted. This is a different breed. Those at the tables (21, craps, etc) seemed to be actually having fun. Those playing the slots were nothing more than mesmerized robots, punching a button with one finger until the money ran out, then running off to the ATM to get more. It made me ill to watch.</p>
<p>And yet&#8230;and yet nobody had a gun to their heads. I&#8217;m not sure I even felt any sorrow on their behalf. They were pathetic in their isolation, eyes glued to the monitor. </p>
<p>My conclusion is this. Raise the tax on cigarettes and booze to match neighboring states and bring in casinos but keep them out of the hands of the horsemen to make sure the state gets a fair cut. I don&#8217;t think that would be onerous.</p>
<p>Now if I had a wish list I&#8217;d suggest legalizing pot, melding 120 counties into 40, and cutting out the non-merit, non functioning, bloated, upper level political patronage. And all the above mentioned reforms, some of which are really good. But the booze and the casinos are at least possible.</p>
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		<title>By: kyfoward</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How can you talk layoffs when you are hiring?  First, we need a hard-freeze on hiring.  Second, we need new revenue. It would be insane for us to allow this state to lose the gains we&#039;ve made in education, childcare, human services, etc.  One step foward and two steps back takes us nowhere we want to go!  I strongly believe the means to improve this state and offer our children a bright future is through eduction, human services and infrastructure. State agencies have already endured substantial cuts.  Further cuts would most harm those least able to protect themselves such as children, the elderly and individuals with disabilities. 

Our legislators were elected to do the state&#039;s business, to move this state foward, not backward.  They need to address the revenue shortfall in a meaningful way that will provide the funding to move our state foward!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How can you talk layoffs when you are hiring?  First, we need a hard-freeze on hiring.  Second, we need new revenue. It would be insane for us to allow this state to lose the gains we&#8217;ve made in education, childcare, human services, etc.  One step foward and two steps back takes us nowhere we want to go!  I strongly believe the means to improve this state and offer our children a bright future is through eduction, human services and infrastructure. State agencies have already endured substantial cuts.  Further cuts would most harm those least able to protect themselves such as children, the elderly and individuals with disabilities. </p>
<p>Our legislators were elected to do the state&#8217;s business, to move this state foward, not backward.  They need to address the revenue shortfall in a meaningful way that will provide the funding to move our state foward!</p>
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		<title>By: East Ender</title>
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		<dc:creator>East Ender</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>actually, fletcher left the state with a $200 million rainy day fund.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>actually, fletcher left the state with a $200 million rainy day fund.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim Anderson Stivers</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim Anderson Stivers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thunderstorm . . .

You nailed it. Take a look at the salary levels in the URL you posted. What a waste!
These jobs are all for shake and howdy and have little, if any substance.

&quot;Shake &amp; Howdy . .&quot; (if you need anything, just let me know and I will carry it to the Governor. Shake and Howdy!) 

The money, awarded this structure of government is for a political consideration mostly. At least 90% of the consideration is: &quot;Pay em now, collect later.&quot;


The truth is : Steve Beshear was so convinced the huge gambling windfall would be his political play money, and spent little time looking at solving the issues with a more intelligent, long term fix.  Now, the GAMERS ARE LOOSING. (money)

And, for those that claim gaming is the solution, may I remind you, NEARBY GAMBLING STATE, INDIANA, has to raise taxes due to revenue shortfall. 

What if Kentucky had moved forward with the Gambling Casinos, the market went down and the Kentucky was involved in a multi million dollar bond issue to build infra structure for the CASINOS?

The Governor should be pleased he was not allowed to make such a political blunder.</description>
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<p>You nailed it. Take a look at the salary levels in the URL you posted. What a waste!<br />
These jobs are all for shake and howdy and have little, if any substance.</p>
<p>&#8220;Shake &amp; Howdy . .&#8221; (if you need anything, just let me know and I will carry it to the Governor. Shake and Howdy!) </p>
<p>The money, awarded this structure of government is for a political consideration mostly. At least 90% of the consideration is: &#8220;Pay em now, collect later.&#8221;</p>
<p>The truth is : Steve Beshear was so convinced the huge gambling windfall would be his political play money, and spent little time looking at solving the issues with a more intelligent, long term fix.  Now, the GAMERS ARE LOOSING. (money)</p>
<p>And, for those that claim gaming is the solution, may I remind you, NEARBY GAMBLING STATE, INDIANA, has to raise taxes due to revenue shortfall. </p>
<p>What if Kentucky had moved forward with the Gambling Casinos, the market went down and the Kentucky was involved in a multi million dollar bond issue to build infra structure for the CASINOS?</p>
<p>The Governor should be pleased he was not allowed to make such a political blunder.</p>
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