I bring up the job argument because I recently read an interesting statement from our favorite bus driver, Ralph Kramden. Apparently, Ralphy-boy wants to send us to the moon….he accuses anti-casino people of destroying lives, that working people will go hungry if there is no casino…..jeez, I think Ralph has been breathing diesel fumes for too long…Here is an excerpt from my favorite pro-casino web page. I go there from time to time to get a good laugh at the foolishness posted there. Antis are trying to take food from the mouths of the working famlies.
Keep up the good fight but please replace the resort with something that generates revenue and jobs for the working class!
Show me some solutions.
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported on December 20, 2007 that the Bay State has added 25,000 new jobs to date in 2007, and at 3,285,300, jobs are up by 29,300 or 0.9 percent from one year ago.
The truth is, the unemployment rate for Massachusetts has remained at a six year low of 4.3 percent.
The truth is, the unemployment rate in Massachusetts is lower than the National Rate.
The truth is, the unemployment rate in Connecticut is 5.0 percent - an unemployment rate that is higher than Massachusetts and higher than the national average.
The truth is, the casino will not so much create new jobs as re-shuffle workers from other established local businesses.
The truth is, with a 4.3 percent unemployment rate, the people who want jobs, have them.
The truth is, there are plenty of jobs available in Massachusetts for what Ralph calls the "working class" - The Massachusets Department of Labor reports that Leisure and hospitality jobs are up by 5,100 or 1.7 percent over the year
With 25,000 new jobs added in Massachusetts in 2007, and job growth occurring in nearly every industry, I would think that we are doing just fine without a mega resort casino – we certainly are doing better than Connecticut, and that state has two mega resort casinos…..
So the truth is that we are not hurting anyone or taking food out the mouths of people by being anti casino – maybe we are helping to keep food in the mouths of people and to keep good jobs in Massachusetts. Is that selfish and greedy? Nope....what is selfish and greedy is one town signing an agreement to build a mega-resort casino even though the residents voted against a casino being built in town. What is selfish and greedy is this same Town completely disregarding impacts to the entire Region. What is selfish and greedy is the Town's Casino Resort Advisory Committee (CRAC) stating they don't give a damn about Bridgewater....Well, they don't seem to give a damn about any other town either considering one BOS member stated that he didn't care where the trash from the casino went, as long as it didn't stay in Middleboro....now that is selfish and greedy. The way I see it, you should always tell the truth, but apparently the truth isn’t for everyone.
Get the real facts at casinofacts.org.
- be the change you want to see in the world-
6 comments:
Ralph Kramden's business is tanking! Drive past. His inventory of vehicles is parked for all to see. He hasn't figured out that he created his own business failure by linking to an attack site that's filled with his own offensive comments and numerous grammatical errors. Who would do business with this level of ignorance?
Others are apparently wondering that also.
Carverchick - another fantastic blog!
We've been pointing out to Ralph the delightfully low employment rate our area enjoys since May, and yet, he still refuses to feel it in his heart. Perhaps you have finally shown him the way. He and Deval Patrick are convinced they are doing everyone a favor by putting a resort here. In fact, most of those resort casino jobs are low paying.
And on Cape Cod, the tourist industry must rely on seasonally imported labor - and now there are limits on how many work visas can be issued. One reason why the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce has come out opposing a Middleboro casino.
Instead of creating jobs, a resort casino in Middleboro would hurt existing small businesses which already struggle to find qualified employees.
Perhaps Ralphy Boy should find himself a more lucrative industry.
CarverChick,
I continually amazed by the quality and effort that go into your and Gladys' blogs. Much better than those quickie hack posts that loser Bumpkin cranks out ..... Oh wait a minute ... I'm Bumpkin.
Great post CC
Hey, you all do great jobs, unlike our flying sapient cousins. We have reasoning and logic on our side, besides the fact that we are correct. Basic instincts rule their arguments and decision making. The facts rule ours.
Bumpkin! I LOVE your blogs! You had me at DavyJoneszilla.
Bumpkin, I think it would be difficult to find anyone who would call you a hack! Your blogs are awesome and I personally enjoy reading them...oh, and I really like your crying baby picture...so fitting.
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