Boycott Casinos - Support Local Businesses & Green Jobs

This petition was published by Patrick Burke on Apr 06, 2010

To the Massachusetts Legislature and Governor Patrick:

In signing the pledge below I am asking you to reject attempts to establish a government-endorsed program of predatory gambling in Massachusetts. The predatory gambling industry is harmful to local businesses, undermines sound job growth, and fosters addiction, bankruptcy, crime, divorce and other social problems. Building casinos locks us in to high greenhouse gas emissions and make our economy vulnerable to oil price shock. In the final analysis, these problems will consume more tax dollars than we can recover from gambling taxes.

For my own part, I pledge not to patronize gambling casinos or slot parlors in Massachusetts. I pledge to strongly encourage my children and family members to avoid such establishments. Instead, I pledge to direct my discretionary expenditures into locally-owned, productive businesses that are good neighbors in the community, that do not exploit people with addictions, workers, or the environment, and which are the best way of creating permanent jobs in a sustainable economy.

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