I don't want to get into the tribal-rights or the gambling discussion. I just have one question. How is this not a tax? To be honest, I am a littlre ashamed to admit that I knew almost nothing about this initiative until I read this thread (unfortunately I still don't know very much about it). It never occured to me that it was supposed to be a tax-reduction measure. I'm sorry but that is kind of a joke.

This will not "reduce" taxes; it will only shift the tax burden from one group to another, from relatively well off property owners (a class that includes me) to poor saps who don't know well enough not to throw their money away gambling (most of whom, statistics show, tend to be less educated, less well off). Maybe that's fair enough, whatever, but please don't call this "revenue-neutral" tax relief (whatever the hell that means).

PS: I think someone needs to let Tim Eyeman know about the tax tyranny the people of Finland have to live with, so he can go there and help them for a little while.