Showing posts with label video gambling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video gambling. Show all posts

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Gov't shovel for citizens in economic hole

The logic escapes me in Pennsylvania Governor Rendell's plan to tax video gambling losses:

- Player losses would be taxed at 50 percent.


IMHO, promoting gambling, in general, is typically a regressive tax and will lead more people into bankruptcy.

A point of trivia, I did not know that Penn State University apparently, is not, despite its name, in fact, a state school:

- Proceeds would be used to provide grants of up to $7,600 a year for students attending Pennsylvania's state-owned universities or community colleges. The state-owned universities are Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock and West Chester.
- The breaks would not apply to students attending private schools or the state-related schools -- Penn State, Pitt, Temple and Lincoln.