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John Dingell: “Government-sponsored gambling has also failed because it has failed to deliver on its promises to fund education, to…”

On the recordDecember 9, 2013
Government-sponsored gambling has also failed because it has failed to deliver on its promises to fund education, to lower taxes, to pay for needed public services.
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John Dingell
Democratic · Michigan

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Dingell points out the unfulfilled promises of government-sponsored gambling.

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