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Comments on the Mega-Millions Jackpot

It is a commentary on our society when the jackpot or the winners for government sponsored gambling becomes the banner headline news.  Is there nothing more important, more transformational, more threatening, or more informative going on today that should be the banner headlines?  I consider it an insult that news media seem to think I find who won to be the most newsworthy information today.

It’s what sells, not what’s important that we see

First, it is a commentary on what runs the news media.   We are not fed what is important or what is significant, but rather what people will click or buy –that is, what will sell ads.   So news executives are not promoted primarily because they serve society well but because they pander to the whims of the slice of society who click on (buy) news.   I contend that when we decide to make mega-million jackpots the banner headline, we should consider the detrimental effect of promoting the economic parasite of gambling.  

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A great article against increasing legal gambling

I am very opposed to the government making money from its citizens by promoting gambling of any kind. It is immmoral as it is a way for the powerful to shirk responsibility and to rob the vulnerable instead. In the following article Albert Mohler Jr. argues convincingly that besides being immoral, increasing casino gambling is also counter-productive financially for communities.

http://www.albertmohler.com/2012/02/21/casino-culture-and-the-collapse-of-character/

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Cuomo’s plan for expansion of gambling is bad for New Yorkers

There are so many reasons to oppose gambling as a means of public fund raising. Here is an article that explains from the standpoint of professional economists why it is a bad idea.

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2012/January/03/Casinos_survey-03Jan12.htm

From a Biblical point of view, it is poor stewardship of resources for those who gamble. From the standpoint of fairness, it represents the rich failing to take fair share responsibility and instead passing off their responsibility to raise funds onto the poor who tend to be the gamblers.

This is one more way Cuomo is becoming the poster boy for promoting immorality in New York.