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Thursday, January 27, 2005


Gambling is Still Attractive.
More Minnesota budget news that doubtless holds some relevance to other states: there's another attempt to close a budget gap by expanding gambling (registration required). It's making for some interesting (and depressing) political fights.

"Justice Louis D. Brandeis'?s metaphor of the states as "laboratories" for policy experiments ... had almost nothing to do with federalism and everything to do with his commitment to scientific socialism. .... To this day, it continues to inhibit a truly experimental, federalist politics." -- Michael S. Greve

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