Robbing the gambling addicts to give to the rich

Our self-described leaders are looking to shove the addicts into a wood-chipper to finance an income tax cut.

As recently as a few years ago, I would have supported expanding gambling to phone casinos. The proceeds would be millions of dollars the state would lose to illegal ventures or other states that legalized so-called iGaming.

Part of me still feels that way.

But gambling on a macroeconomic level is inherently evil. The state shouldn’t escort citizens into …