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...undeniable that the state of Massachusetts has many fiscal problems, and the prospect of the University tax highlights this monetary desperation. Patrick’s plan to open casinos??€”with specific blueprints for three different gambling sites in Boston, Western Mass., and the South Shore—would be a well-reasoned way to generate the needed revenue. The casinos would bring in an estimated $400 million in annual revenue, and would be a boon to these areas. It is crucial, however, not to disrupt the fabrics of the communities, and because of this, the casinos should...
...land where wealthy speculators purchase coastal land at upwards of one million dollars an acre, and where—just a few miles away—public housing recipients fend off efforts by local and state officials to dislodge them from their homes. This is a place where redeveloped casinos??€”opened only months after Katrina—glitter along the coastline and reap profits off eager gamblers, while rural African American residents still struggle to replace the schools that were destroyed by Katrina...
...particular to America? Probably not. But perhaps to someone like bin Laden, a massive and tragic extermination in a great war might be preferable to a future where Arabs are confined to a small, reserved, corner of the desert—accompanied only by destitution, alcoholism and casinos??€”and studied by third-graders as “Native Palestinians...
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