Stop Predatory Gambling

The palace of truth and justice

by spgadmin

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell recently signed a new law expanding predatory gambling which included legalizing table games and allowing casinos to extend credit to players.

In a media interview, Rendell believes his state didn’t have much choice since extending unsecured credit to patrons is an accepted industry practice:

“Our folks are going to gamble whether we have it or not,” he said. “And if they need credit or they want credit, they’re going to go to venues that make credit available. So that doesn’t upset me. You know, in the palace of truth and justice it shouldn’t exist anywhere. But it doesn’t upset me because you have to view this in the context of reality.”

The reality, he said, is that if not having casinos in Pennsylvania would keep state residents away from gambling, he wouldn’t have pursued legalized gambling in the first place.

Can you imagine if Rendell’s view that America is not “the palace of truth and justice” had prevailed throughout our nation’s history? There would have been no movement to free the slaves. No movement to give women the right to vote. No movement for civil rights.

Governor, America represents the palace of truth and justice more than any other civilization in the history of mankind. While our nation is imperfect, we have always strived to more truly represent our founding ideals. The government program of predatory gambling is inconsistent with this aim.