Casinos in Massachusetts - we have no choice!

From the Boston Globe: "Would-be hosts, foes rev up for casino bid"

But others insist that the state has run out of ways to find new sources of revenue as Patrick tries to undertake a $1 billion life science initiative and a $1.5 billion capital spending plan, among other economic developments.

"This is the last true revenue source, absent taxes," said Senator Michael W. Morrissey, a Democrat from Quincy. "We've done some creative things, but this is really the last frontier of revenues."

Seriously, what is wrong with these people? Here's a wacky idea: stop spending money you don't have! Lottery, gas tax, sales tax, casinos; the only thing left is to license out public buildings to Taco Bell.