Radio DJ Gets Political. OUCH Posted on October 23, 2024 at 02:12:30 PM by Dave O No
PLEASE SHARE TO SPREAD THE TRUTHFUL INFO ABOUT MISSOURI AMENDMENT 2.
I will be voting a “HELL YES” on Amendment 2 - legalizing Sports Betting in Missouri to benefit Missouri teachers, students and education. Here’s 5 reasons why:
1. Missouri schools are GREATLY underfunded - especially teacher pay. Our kids deserve better - and $20 million to schools PER YEAR seems like a no brainer ($100 million in five years!).
2. Missouri residents - RIGHT NOW - are placing $2 billion of sports bets PER YEAR with bookies, offshore UNREGULATED sites AND OF COURSE - driving across the state lines into Kansas, Illinois and Iowa to support their states purse strings and small businesses. 38 states and all 7 neighboring states have legalized sports betting.
3. There were some unfortunate “dark money” ads from a certain casino saying to VOTE NO because the money “isn’t guaranteed to be used on schools.” Really? Is that the best lie they could come up with? This amendment is CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED to go toward Missouri schools.
4. I often hear the argument of: “Yes - but this is going to lead to gambling addictions.” And YES - there will be roughly a tenth of a percent of bettors that may become addicted. I don’t mean to just “poo poo” this. HOWEVER - we HAVE HAD CASINOS AND THE LOTTERY IN THIS STATE FOR DECADES. Just like we have had alcohol or cigarettes. 99.9% of problem gamblers have already been found by casinos or lotteries and furthermore, they’re already betting on sports illegally offshore - WITH NO STATE PROTECTION. Let’s get this thing and them regulated.
5. Full disclosure - I am a huge sports bettor - though I hope I’m laying this post out in a non biased way. But I can tell you - I drive to Kansas probably 150 days a year to give their state money. I am a LONGTIME winning player who bets responsibly (think two decades). I eat at Kansas restaurants - drink at their bars - get haircuts in their state - I give them a TON of money.
What’s more - as we try to keep our professional sports teams here in KCMO - know that this will make a HUGE DEAL to them in sticking with Missouri.
In summary, there are tens of thousands of people just like me in Missouri who continue to just hand money to other states.
What’s more - there are tens of thousands of kids and teachers who deserve so much more.
And why am I allowed to bet on a color of a wheel at a Missouri casino - buy Powerball tickets - but not bet on the Chiefs?