Cost Quote by John Warren Kindt

Legalized gambling cost taxpayers $3 for every $1 in state revenue to government

— John Warren Kindt

While gambling addiction can be a social justice reason for some to ban gambling, the economic evidence suggests that the social and economic costs…

— John Warren Kindt

Gambling is a bad deal for taxpayers

— John Warren Kindt

Gambling is being subsidized by the taxpayers

— John Warren Kindt

While advocates of legalized gambling say it brings in revenues needed for education and other uses, it actually has led to higher taxes, loss…

— John Warren Kindt

Gambling has a zero-sum economic effect in its market and, like legalizing cocaine, the socio-economic costs of legalizing gambling overwhelm the benefits

— John Warren Kindt

The social costs, and the increased tax costs due to addicted gamblers, stay behind

— John Warren Kindt

In convenience gambling scenarios, discretionary spending and nondiscretionary addicted gambling dollars were transferred from other forms of consumer expenditures

— John Warren Kindt

If the government wants to stimulate the economy, it should outlaw gambling

— John Warren Kindt

If gambling were banned, those social costs would drop, tax revenues from consumer goods would increase, and money would be pumped into the productive…

— John Warren Kindt

There is a respectable body of economic thought that holds that casino gambling is actually economically regressive to a state and a community.

— Mario Cuomo

What we really need is a federal intervention plan, which calls for a moratorium on gambling in the U.S.

— John Warren Kindt