Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave… 

With slot machines you are either for them or against them. That is really how it seems to stack up.  You are either in the camp that says that the slot machines will bring in millions of dollars for much needed improvements – like education and social services – that they will not be able to afford otherwise. Or you are on the side of being against the slot machines, where you find that the slot machines are an evil that your state can do without and that by bringing them in you are hurting your residents, taxing the poor and uneducated, and tempting your addicts.  

But what if you are against them but are tempted by the money that they would bring in? This is the case with Rep. Beverly Rodeschin. She is against the slot machines and has been for a long time. However, now that they are tempting her with the amount of money that would be able to go to social services she is rethinking her position. And who wouldn’t?  

There are too many people out there right now that need the money that the social services can give them. But does that mean that they should legalize the slot machines? Those that are opposed say that the money that would come in for the slot machines is not worth the money that would go out toward helping those that have addictions. They say that the poor can ill afford the slot machines as they would end up destroying their state.