Can't Legislate Morality,Hiring From the Outside

Grumpieroldman:I guess murder is also illegal,but we haven't stopped it either.I've said many times you cannot legislate morality.Education,parenting,and self-guidance by your own conscience are the only ways I know of that people can change.If somebody wants to spend all their money on lottery tickets,poker rooms,slot machines,prostitutes,drugs whatever, it's their choice.
We take risks and make life and death choices each and every day.The only real crimes are murder,rape,larceny,and pedophilia.Gambling isn't banned in every state.People are hurt far more from alcoholism,also a drug addiction, than gaming.More people are jailed and convicted because of that than gaming.
Our favorite TV shows exploit bad morals.Take a look at the top TV shows in America.
http://www.tvguide.com/top-tv-shows
My point is that people find watching other humans doing bad things a national pastime.It doesn't mean we all want to do them.It's more like the "rubber necking"people do around accidents.Rubber-necking doesn't mean you wish you were in that accident,any more than watching gaming shows on television mean you want to gamble.It's curiosity without the need to act out.
I'm a proponent of letting people do what they want IF it doesn't kill,rape,steal from, or sexually abuse another person. The rest of these arguments are leftover religious relics.The Bible doesn't talk about gambling,but does reference greed and worshiping false idols.
http://www.biblestudy.org/question/does-bible-permit-gambling-lottery-ti...
I see no difference in filling the coffers in church, and playing the lottery, thus filling the coffers of a businessman,or for example the State.You cannot tell people what to do with their own money, and most of us do not take the chance of doing wrong with our money for a variety of reasons.
I play a variety of online games almost daily. Some include solitary games,and many are in direct competition with other people for prizes and money.LOTS of other people from all over the world.I've known about underground gambling,black market enterprises,and other illegal forms of entertainment for years.What do you call it when your Uncles get together around the kitchen table and play poker with money for hours and drink Old Grand Dad?Are we going to police that too?
The smart thing to do and profitable too is to allow all forms of gaming,then regulate & tax it.I'm tired of the Indian Reservations having all the fun, and taking all the proceeds.By the way, theFlorida Gaming Corporation owns jai-alai.
       

  Why are we once again going to somebody on the outside instead of using talent right under our noses?So Republicans are spending money on a so-called Democratic firm,didn't know firms could vote,for an independent study.Lobbyists at their best, and why money keeps flowing away from,not to,Jacksonville.We have no manufacturing companies,and only regional representation from 25 corporations.As we all know corporations like to keep their own people when they move into an area.
http://www.coj.net/departments/office-of-economic-development/business-d...
We do not have the infrastructure in place to attract shipping.I see a whole lot of cranes around the shipyards,but they sure aren't moving.
During these recent rains I had the displeasure of being in the Tallyrand/Gator Bowl Drive area.My SUV was floating in the rapid pooling of water caused by a normal summer rainstorm,and cars scrambled to get to high ground, and out of the area.I cannot understand why any company would want to move into an area that's blighted,under developed,and has no infrastructure.