Letters to the Editor
Readers discuss the plight of homeless families; suggest some casino revenue goes to charity; accept today’s inflation; and comment that Dallas needs a food plan.Re: “Don’t Stop Now on Encampments — Dallas offers housing and clears sites at downtown library and City Hall, but there are more to address,” Aug. 25 editorial.I applaud the efforts in resolving encampments to address visible homelessness. There is a less visible population in crisis: families with children experiencing homelessness.
On one side, there are new jobs, added hotel and restaurant profits and taxes plus sparkling entertainment enticing money-spending tourists. On the other side, some gamblers will put wagers ahead of groceries. They may experience mental health and relationship issues. And, as Stewart, executive director of Texas Charity Advocates, points out, likely revenue loss for small-town charities.
The house always wins. We know that. If casinos come to Texas, require them to open the house to charities.For those of you who are saying we were better off four years ago, please let me refresh your memory of 2020. Donald Trump had already given huge tax breaks to corporations , exploding our national debt. He had already experienced the United Nations’ leaders bursting out in laughter when he told them how much he had accomplished. “Not the reaction I expected,” he said.
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