In the wacky world of the Shawn Graham Liberals it makes sense to take revenues away from non-profit groups in order to give more millions of dollars to people involved in horse racing.
At least that's what their latest scheme proposes to do. They are going to allocate 150 VLT machines worth of revenues to the NB Harness Racing Association, but only 25 of those machines will actually be at racing tracks. The rest will be ... in some other place.
In a recent article, otherwise competent Minister Jack Keir was trotted out to explain Graham-onomics. "It's not like it's new money that's being generated for them" was his explanation. He further explained that their goal is to make the horse racing industry sustainable, but also points out that the economics of horse racing already generates $20 million per year in activity. So why do they need the money?
In the meantime - the Graham Liberals announced last year they are cutting back on VLT machines in order to make room for the new casino being built in Moncton. Which machines are being cut? - you guessed it, the ones that are hosted by non-profit groups and small businesses across NB. Don't they have the same right to be sustainable too?
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