Economic Consequences Of Americas Morality Police

ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES of AMERICA'S MORALITY POLICE There was a Total loss of revenue in 1909: decrease $7,641,978 in consumption of (in the millions) today that'd be $180,922,700 with that you could buy: 2.5 24,515,271 pints of beer 11,307,668 cocktails 17,224 families could be fed for a year currently only F,IVE stafes grant same-sex marriages EVERY YEAR the city of San Francisco has lost $2.6 million in hotel and sales tax from wedding ihat can lake place $2.5 million on speciaz ed services duele durmination againal goya 5,100 marriage icenses wore is sued to 1 couples in San Francaco when wa legal for only a five-month period same banned limited rights egal More than 1338 rights and protections are conferred to U.S. citizens upon marriage by the federal government. Out of thirty-one states that have put same-sex marriage on the ballot, none have passed. Marijuana is one of the top cash crops in America 68% legalization would save of states have smoking bans $10 billion in enforcement costs as much as $34 billion $6.2 billion Could be generalted annualy lost bor Grestaurant revenue in California alone from 1990-1998 22% 46% of Americans support legalization (double what it wosa decade ago) decline in linois casino rev enues after the smoking ban that's over $400 million The firşt Internet poker room went online in 1998 $14 billion Types of online gambling preferred, by percentage was wagered in 2006, up from $10 billion in the year 2000 bingo 74% casino 26.4% 50% of all online gambling sites don't accept wagers from U.S. residents sports 23.2% there are over 2,000 racing 127% Internet gambling websites lotleries 11.1% a 2% tax on Internet gambling deposits could bring in $42 billion in tax revenue poker e skil 64% over 10 years Internet Gambling Smoking Bans Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition 606L NI. barrels of beer Marijuana Law