Don't believe everything you hear on TV. Don't just listen to the ads. Read the detail for yourself. If you go to the website below, you can read some of the major problems involved with Issue 6. I have copied and pasted a portion from the website below. Our state could sell out in greed, and end up getting NOTHING.
http://www.votenocasinos.com/index.html
Lyle Berman has also connected the dots on this casino scam. His language in Issue 6 specifically creates a trap door in the tax formula so that the "up to 30%" tax on his casino monopoly is instantly re-adjusted downward if state or federal law permits another casino in the state. He specifically included the words "federal law" in the Ohio ballot language, anticipating a federal ruling to sanction tribal casinos. Here is how the trap door works:
1) Ohio Issue 6 passes in November making Ohio a Class III gambling state and giving Berman his Ohio casino in Wilmington.
2) The Secretary of the Interior then authorizes the Eastern Shawnee to open a casino in Ohio
3) Federal law specifically prohibits the taxation of a tribal casino or tribal lands by the State or localities.
4) Therefore Berman's Ohio casino tax rate is immediately dropped to the same level as the competing tribal casino which just happens to be zero.
5) Once a competing casino springs the trap door the automatic tax reduction leaves every Ohio county left holding an empty bag of promised casino revenues.
This last point is critical for every Ohio County Commissioner to understand. The promises of shared casino revenues being made to Ohio's 88 counties will be wiped out by this tax trap door contained in Ohio Issue 6. Any additional form of casino gambling permitted by the state or federal government in Ohio will immediately diminish revenues promised to Ohio counties by backers of Issue 6.
This scam was exposed by the Vote NO Casinos Committee at a Statehouse news conference on Friday, August 22, 2008. By the end of that day, the official backers of Ohio ballot Issue 6 conceded their language did in fact contain such a trap door. The Columbus Dispatch stated "The group's leaders admitted today that they erred by including wording that could lower the tax rate to zero and said they were working on wording to fix that."
There is just one problem with that statement: Once a flawed constitutional measure is on the ballot, it cannot be changed. If Ohio Issue 6 passes it will take a second constitutional amendment to change it. By that time, casino gambling will be legal in Ohio, the Shawnee will press to open their casinos, and in the pursuing "casino chaos" Lyle Berman and his friends will be buried by big-time casino developers who have better lawyers.
2 comments:
I respect your opinions on Casino in Ohio. My opinion is simple WE NEED JOBS whether its a Casino Resort Industry or other Industries. Our Economy is Ground Zero we need help and this particular Casino "RESORT" I emphasize the word "RESORT" as that is exactly what it is and ALL businesses that operate in Ohio PAY TAXES one type or another. This Resort has NO TAX ABATEMENT that I am aware of thereby we should extend our Gratitude to this Private Enterprise to set up shop in Ohio no matter what or where in Ohio. No more Crime than has already been existence since the beginning of time. Everyone has to decide what they like and dislike shouldn't be left up to organization/s to preach how bad it is or isn't Let the people decide for themselves. My personal opinion is that the Indiana Casino and we know who is donating funds to churches for services rendered preaching to their congregations all about Tax loopholes,etc nothing saying about JOBS and putting food on many of unemployed tables. We also know donations are more than likely the ohions that have lost at this casino and we also know Churches are tax exempt from Donations. We need to keep the term Separation of Church & State in force thereby preach the word of GOD NOT Casino issues of Right & Wrong about Casino's.And you must also speak of the many JOBS this Industry will bring and the good it can & will do.
Here in Missouri we have had the state run lottery for about 20 years +/-. It was all gonna be 'For the Schools'. Now who wouldn't wanna give the kids new books, and new swings, and a new water fountain for those hot days . ..
Truth is, as soon as the 3 million ( or whatever it was, I dunno ) from the lottery profits/proceeds hit the school treasury fund, a fine Democrat Mel Carnahan, then our Governor of Missouri went to work. Yes, every penny went to the schools, but for every buck that went to the schools from the lottery, another buck was taken out of the budget from state taxes, etc and put back in general revenue so we could have more programs. It's a stupid shell game.
On another note, someone should tell Mr Anonymous that you can separate church and state for hundreds of miles, but right is right, and wrong is wrong, whether you're looking in a Bible or not. Additionally, I've not seen a builder in this area that didn't use 'undocumented workers' for brick and drywall. Crime will go up before the doors are open
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