I learned my lesson about Gambling the hard way when I was 12 years old. My Father took me to a Horse Race and although I was too young to place a bet myself my Father placed the bets for me. I Asked for (And Got) a Month's Allowance in advance, then lost it all on the Ponies! I had to go en entire month without an Allowence and boy did it :( SUCK :( ! After that Month passed I decided I had BETTER things to spend my money on! I really thanked my Dad for "Schooling" me. :)
There's only one decent argument against issue 3. Gambling does cause problems. The only problem with that argument is that Ohio residents are already gambling! We're just enriching the states around us. Of course the amusement park is against this. Last year Ohioans made more visits to the casinos in the surrounding states than they did the amusement parks, museums and zoos combined. It is a natural business move for them. Why they think it should influence anyone's vote is comical. I'm sick of Indiana and West Virginia taking all of our money. Taft is against it because he thinks it will put the instant lotto out of business. Everyone already believes he uses the lottery money to shore up the budget. He's just afraid of what he'll look like without the lottery/education money to cover his blunders. If this were a gambling issue, then this discussion would be entirely different, but it's not. The gambling's already here. Now it's down to keeping the jobs and money in Ohio. I believe the constitutional amendment prevents the future Taft's of this state from redirecting the funds, so of course that's what he's attacking. I love the fact that he can't touch the education money this time. Otherwise, he should be for it. It would be the only thing he ever did that created a job in this state!
