SLOTS

             There has been a lot of talk over the past months about bringing slot machines to Maryland. There are budget crises all over the state. The state feels that there are two ways to solve the problem: 1) raise taxes for everyone living in the state or 2) bring slots into Maryland to bring in more revenue. There are people living in Maryland who are addicted to gambling and they spend a lot of time in Atlantic City, Las Vegas and even other states with slot machines and they give a lot of money each year to these other places. Where as if Maryland had slot machines all of this money that people spend on slots each year will come into Maryland as opposed to other states. Slots should be approved for the State of Maryland.
             Slots should be approved for the State of Maryland. Right now, the State of Maryland is in a major crisis. The State knows that somehow they need to raise money, so the State will not be in debt anymore. The main idea they came up with was slot machines. Being that the State is so much in debt, there is barely any money for the government/state employees and there is especially no money for the public schools in the State. If Maryland was to approve slots, then public schools would not be in the major crisis they are in now. As of now, the public school system is laying off many teachers, including some of the very best teachers they've had for years, because they can not afford to pay them. If slots were brought into the State, then these schools would be able to keep their teachers. I believe that everyone should have the right to an education, but if the schools that kids are going to can't afford to keep the teachers who are really giving the kids an education, then I believe that the state is denying those kids an education.
             Some people might refute this reasoning and say that the State could give these schools more money if the State just raised the taxes of each person. They would say that this would be an e...

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