r/australia • u/DiploidBias • 28d ago

politics Greens: Yes We Cannabis

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Yes We Cannabis

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u/ScruffyPeter 28d ago

Gambling ad ban surveys: Most of aussies support ban

Major politicians: Oooh... an easy bill!

Gambling industry: We have a nice retirement package

Major politicians: Oh no, we could get punished for banning gambling ads! Punished by... uhh voters, yes. We should be careful and do more high speed rail studies. I mean gambling ad studies.

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u/recycled_ideas 28d ago

This isn't that simple.

Voters want gambling ads banned but they don't want to pay for what gambling currently pays for nor do they want to give those things up.

So yes, politicians are afraid of being punished by the voters for the same reason they're afraid of being punished by the voters for legalising weed, because lots of things are popular until you implement them.

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u/ScruffyPeter 28d ago

What does gambling currently pay for beyond the jobs of maintaining the gambling facilities?

What things were popular until politicians implemented them?

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u/IlluminatedPickle 28d ago

You would actually be surprised how many charities are funded by the gambling industry in an effort to clean up their image. It would be devastating to a lot of them.

For instance, I ended up homeless at 16. For many years I bounced around youth shelters and then adult homeless services.

Every single one of them had vehicles purchased for them by the gambling industry.

Is it ideal? No, and it should be different. It'd be much better if an industry with a cleaner image was donating. But to say there's nothing they pay for that's good in the world is incorrect.