Category Archives: Gambling

Appling/Jacobs Affirm Founding Father’s Principles at “Let’s Do Lunch” Event

by julaineappling

“We are still the greatest nation on the face of the earth. Our difference has made us prosperous; it has made us free.” – Julaine Appling

Julaine Appling with guest speaker Dr. Jake Jacobs at Wisconsin Family Action’s “Let’s Do Lunch” seminar in Sheboygan Falls 6/12/2012.

The Aviation Heritage Center was the venue for the Sheboygan Falls “Let’s Do Lunch” seminar hosted by Wisconsin Family Action.  President Julaine Appling spoke to a group of 40, passionately affirming the foundation of family, the need for people/churches to be politically involved, and the work WFA has been involved in over the past year and currently.
You can listen to Julaine’s speech by clicking HERE.

Dr. Jacobs speaking with attendees after the seminar

Jake Jacobs, Ph.D., former college history professor, author, and professional speaker, guided attendees through the nation’s history stating “All 50 states acknowledge God in their constitutions as the source of life and liberty.” Jacobs reiterated the history of the Wisconsin Constitution and some of the founding father’s views on morality and government.
Dr. Jacob’s speech can be heard by clicking HERE.
Wisconsin Family Action hosts “Let’s Do Lunch” seminars throughout the state of Wisconsin. Check out our schedule on our website HERE to watch for one being held in a community near you. You may also follow us on Facebook and Twitter @WIFamilyAction!

 

NOTE: Dr. Jake Jacob’s is the author of Mobocracy: “This is what Democracy looks like!”, a book that describes the devastating effects of the mob mentality/Occupy Movement. You can view information regarding his book HERE.

The Lottery, A Zero-Sum Game

by Amy Lewis

This week’s radio commentary…

What’s more Wisconsin than Klement’s Famous Racing Sausages?  You know, the six varieties of sausages that entertain the fans during the Brewers’ home games each season.  Apparently, what’s at least as Wisconsin as those sausages is the state lottery the sausages are now being used to advertise.  Hey, it’s all just fun and games, right? It’s just baseball, apple pie, sausages and gambling.  Really?

Last year the Wisconsin Problem Gambling Helpline received 14,604 calls – setting a record for the helpline. The Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling estimates that five-to-seven percent of Wisconsin’s population may be problem or compulsive gamblers. That may not seem like a lot but with a population of over 5 ½ million, that comes out to over 282,783 thousand people in the state, or 1 in every 19, with a serious gambling problem and that is a problem.

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Gambling your way into recession

by Amy Lewis

For five years Professor John Warren Kindt and colleagues worked to compile the the three-volume United States International Gambling Report. The report is intended as a warning, according to Kindt.

The United States and the international economies are headed in the wrong direction thinking that gambling will help them. It’s Economics 101 that you cannot gamble your way to prosperity. But you can gamble your way into more recessions and even depression.

Very true, in more ways than one, I think (who doesn’t believe Congress is gambling with our future on a daily basis?).

What surprised Kindt the most in his work? You’re never going to believe this–it was the “influence of big gambling interests in state and local governments.” You don’t say?! We wouldn’t know anything about that here in Wisconsin.

Kindt’s report illustrates the danger of gambling to national security and the economy and sites troubling problems within the gambling infrastructure such as terrorism, money laundering and the inherent drain of gambling on the economy.

How long is it going to take for our state government to realize that gambling is a zero-sum game that’s bad for our state, our families and our economy? Instead, we’re signing yet another big gaming compact.