My Husband and I recently took a trip to Las Vegas, and while I've always known the people in this country have their priorities very askew. Nothing will re-enforce this knowledge than a few minutes in a multi-billion dollar casino. It has always bothered me to see how much people (myself included) are willing to pay for entertainment. And how little people want to get involved in their children's education or anything else. One hotel/casino in this case The Aladdin cost $1.02 billion to build and I can't even guess how much money they take in in a day. I've seen people throw away as much as $5,000 all at once and not even blink.
Now I'm not supporting communism or anything but I understand the ideal behind it. The problem is people seem to need someone to tell them what to do. In the case of all the attempts at communism throughout history that person has turned into a dictator. In the case of our country right now, Hollywood and the media seems to be our dictator, and many are following.
My point is (if I have one) if the money from one hotel/casino or one big budget movie (including the money these things would take in) were put into the school system, or into making affordable housing for those of us that can't afford it but want to be proud of where we live, it wouldn't change the world but it would change lives. And maybe if it gave more kids a chance and desire to go to college they could continue to change lives and who knows maybe they could change the world.
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