Consumers Quote by John Warren Kindt

The socio-economic impact of gambling addiction is comparable to drug and alcohol addiction

— John Warren Kindt

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

— 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

For every dollar of revenue generated by gambling, taxpayers must pay at least $3 in increased criminal justice costs, social welfare expenses, high regulatory…

— John Warren Kindt

Gambling drains the economy by taking money away from grocery stores and retail businesses and putting it in the hands of an industry that…

— John Warren Kindt

Gambling is being subsidized by the taxpayers

— John Warren Kindt

Generally, traditional businesses were slow to recognize the way in which legalized gambling captured dollars from across the entire spectrum of the various consumer…

— John Warren Kindt

One to 2 percent of the population becomes addicted gamblers

— 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 faster the gambling activity, the more highly addictive it is; and the more addictive the gambling activity is, the more revenue it will…

— John Warren Kindt

Thirty-seven percent of gamblers dip into their savings to fulfill their habit

— John Warren Kindt

In our most Puritan of society, gambling-like other pleasures-is either taxed, restricted to certain hours, or forbidden altogether. Yet the impulse to gamble remains…

— Richard Arnold Epstein