I am tempted to say that this would be hilarious were it not so tragic. But you know what? I think it's hilarious anyway:
Seven years after New Jersey legalized gambling in 1977, state lawmakers created an agency called the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority to redirect some casino revenue to blighted areas in Atlantic City and across the state.
But the agency, contending that the gambling industry’s success is a critical component of the state’s economic health, has handed about $400 million back to the casinos themselves, a sum that accounts for more than 20 percent of the money it has committed since its inception.
Awesome.
Perhaps PA should make a consitutional amendment that says that all gambling income NEVER go to any cause or outlet that is in any way associated with gambling.
Get the gist? How to word it?
Posted by: Mark Rauterkus | January 28, 2007 at 08:14 PM