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Originally Posted by moon
From what I know of school funding. much of it is getting cut. So I imagine in many cases they would have recieved more money from the government in the past.
It may also be that they are recieving the same amount of money as they were in the past and now things cost more.
Or that they feel that in the past they have not been able to ofer services up to standard or want to improve on the service that they are able to offer.
Basically I can see many reasons why they need the new source of revenue. If they are nto necessary and go against Catholic belief then I agree they should not be done, but it seems that it is a bit of a strong stance if the money is needed to help schools.
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Of course school funding almost entirely came from taxes. The question is are we really ahead with the government relying on gambling to make up for their lack of financing education. The government also relies on the taxes they get from gambling and it has become an accepted way of life. Before legalized gambling the government managed to pay for schooling and we had football teams etc. and decent books. Nobody has made a cost analyses of what we pay in broken homes,lost businesses, ruined people and their rehabilatation. The cost to society may outweigh any gains we make on government sanctioned gambling.