Gambling, drugs, and red light cameras are the path to solvency

[Renew Deal]

Have you noticed what municipalities are doing to raise money these days? They are turning to gambling, drugs, and red light cameras. The first two are traditionally considered immoral and the third is a big brotherish attack on quality of life. But if people look at the numbers, there is money to be made:

NY Estimates $430 Million in additional revenue annually.

Colorado estimates $98 million in marijuana tax revenue for 2015

Florida red light cameras generate $100 Million in revenue in 2013

Are these now the ways for communities to make money? Are gambling, drugs, and red light cameras the best we can do? How long till we go all the way and legalize prostitution. Why? The question apparently is why not.

[Gravitycollapse]

1. As a motorcyclist, wearing a helmet makes me immune to photo tickets.

Maybe everyone else should join me.

[Renew Deal]

5. How does that work?

Do you cover the license plate?

[Gravitycollapse]

6. You have to positively identify the driver in most states before a ticket can be issued.

Wearing a helmet makes it impossible for anyone inspecting the photo to establish who was actually riding the motorcycle at the time of the violation. The same goes for a car where a view of the driver's face is obstructed. Your head could be turned or the visor could be down. Photo tickets are discarded all the time because of such things.They don't even bother mailing the ticket because it is totally unenforceable.

[Renew Deal]

7. In NY they go to the owner of the car

They don't care who the driver is.

[Gravitycollapse]

8. Yeah a few states are still very ethically dubious in such determinacy.

Although most I know of require positive ID first.

[JimDandy]

9. Ooooh, I am going to start wearing a helmet

when I drive a car, then. Safety first you know.

[Warren DeMontague]

2. If I have to pick 2, I'll take the gambling and drugs.

[Renew Deal]

4. lol

I bet most people would.

[Electric Monk]

3. Why do you hate the job creators? The ultra rich have to keep finding new ways to get richer

off the backs of everyone else.