Miller Wants Slot Machines Not Taxes

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller finds himself on the defensive these days, finding a need to fight for no new taxes – which is exactly what his constituents want him to do. However, without new taxes, they need another money maker – and here is where slot machines come in.

Miller thinks that the government has a responsibility to cut spending and to create new forms of revenue – and he thinks that slot machines, not raising taxes are the way to do that. He says that their residents are so over taxed as it is, adding more taxes will only increase an already suffocating burden. But if you legalize slot machines, everyone wins.

The state has a $30 billion budget that they cannot meet, and the consensus from other states that have already legalized slot machines is that they will bring in billions in revenue every year. Miller says that the number of people leaving the state to go play slot machines somewhere else is astounding – and that they should be keeping the money in state instead.

Miller has been trying to get slot machines legalized for some time now, and would like to see the governor step in to see if he could assist with the process. He says that Governor O’Malley could make a difference in the fight.


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