John Key's Gambling addiction

There is no question as to whether or not John Key backs the addition of pokies at Skycity Casino. He's smiled in front of them and no doubt tried his luck on a few of them too. Why the Prime Minister had to stoop so low for a solution to fix the Gambling debt present in the current budget is beyond most people. Mr. Key has made his position known now, and he better well stay in favor of it, rather than retreating back into the centre room politics the Nim-wit Nationals thrive on.

Author Peter Adams puts it straight, saying "Mr Key has clearly joined a long line of politicians who have approached gambling as a quick-fix for expensive social and economic development issues." http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/comment/6812881/Who-exactly-is-it-who-wants-more-pokies The incoming flux of poker machines reeks of cheap opportunism, taking advantage of helpless souls addicted to the bright lights and loud noises of these ridiculous machines. What's that Mr. Key? "SkyCity will probably get a few more pokie machines, a few more at the margins, but with this sinking lid policy what will happen is over time there will be less." http://tvnz.co.nz/politics-news/pm-dismisses-skycity-pokie-deal-concerns-4845770. Rather than admit that this idea of attracting people to the convention centre is a sensationalist move by both parties, Mr. Key would rather waffle on about how National is outperforming Labour in reducing gambling problems. Don't buy into the balderdash more pokies in one place will reduce gambling. If anything, it will attract masses of addicts, intent on a win all or lose all policy.


It's clear that Mr. Key has a love of gambling. He loves borrowing massive amounts of money to fund the middle ground agenda his party rather uselessly upholds, breaking election promises and happily waving it off as "recessionary spillovers," unwilling to admit its his party's economic mismanagement giving the budget a red return. Nobody must forget the position he has taken, nor allow him any wriggle space to escape from encouraging people with 1/1000 of his wealth to waste their lives away. How incredible is it these days that the person who is meant to speak for the people is in fact speaking on his own behalf, and Skycity Casino's behalf.

Gambling is rooted deep within Mr. Key;

and don't expect that to change anytime soon.