Gambling & Transboundary Economic Raiding [Online Law Journal Article]

The article "Destructive Economic Policies in the Age of Terrorism: Government-Sanctioned Gambling as Encouraging Transboundary Economic Raiding and Destabilizing National and International Economies" (2005, October) by Professor John Warren Kindt appears as an ACDIS (Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security) Occasional Paper. It was originally published in the Temple International and Comparative Law Journal.

Canadians might find the following contentious statements in the paper of interest:

p. 26 -- "Canada had cannibalized the U.S. economy by locating casinos along the Canada-U.S. border. The U.S. response by the cannibalized states was to propose and/or build their own casinos to recapture the gambling dollars going to Canada—a situation emphasizing the U.S. State Department’s need to negotiate amendments to its FCN bilateral and multilateral
treaties to prohibit “transboundary economic raiding” via gambling activities."

p. 29 -- "...the federal government should impose a tax structure upon legalized gambling
operations that reflects the cost they impose on society, such as the Canadian model where taxes are 100 percent with only management fees going to the casino companies."