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twitterLetter: Gaming industry calls the shots in Legislature
Tuesday, May 20, 2003 | 9:08 a.m.
This session of the Legislature reminds me of a bunch of kids who can't decide anything of importance. Why do they continue to protect the gaming industry?
The gaming industry doesn't care about the economic stability of Nevada. They take their profits and invest in Indian casinos.
The Indian casinos will reduce the taxable income of the casinos in Nevada, thus reducing the tax revenue for Nevada. The casinos will make significant profits off the Indian casinos and pay no tax to Nevada.
There is an easy solution. Raise the gaming tax to at least the average charged by all the other states, and then Nevada's deficit would be much less.
This won't happen because two-thirds of the Legislature is bought and paid for by the gaming industry. Wake up Nevada voters and in the next election see how much your candidate received from the gaming industry.
LOU deBOTTARI Carson City
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