Title: Broadside: Khazei on casinos, second stimulus plan

" I'm joined again by Alan Khazei will afford Democrats attempting at the democratic nomination for the US senate on December 8 and on my sincere again. Thanks you. We hear what his bucket foxwoods -- not at the other negative Boston chamber of commerce form for the fourth kind of gets you used your whole two minute closing. To rail against casinos coming -- said the chamber reversed her position want to do that."

" Well I just found out that the previous Friday the chamber had said that they wanted to you know support casino gambling and was gonna testify at the hearing tomorrow. And I felt like it was important there there are important institution they get behind stuff that happens pick up on public education reform which is terrific universal health coach was terrific. Because there's also -- serious you know. Casinos are terrible for our state -- This is the birthplace of democracy people coming from all over the world to watch the Freedom Trail to go to our hospitals -- universities. Massachusetts is the greatest state in the country. And we don't need casino gambling I know people -- hurting and struggling and we had jobs who need good high paying jobs the average worker casino gets six dollars and 34 cents now."

" Tell somebody I know pretty well Barney Frank was sitting there a year ago yelling at me as well from the who's saying okay I made the same argued you Ayman podiums is okay Jim here's the deal. Let's take those jobs that don't -- so well thousands of them. And as soon as you create those other jobs will -- they're basically saying -- investment was before the economy dropped the -- we need these jobs we can't be chizik."

" Tim this is America first of all. I'm first look at second stimulus package we rest of the debate Monday night I was the only one who quick look unequivocally say yes I've put a jobs plan. We should have a new jobs tax hiring credit we should support more small businesses they create more jobs in big company."

" That's a federal issue that casinos whether to be casinos -- time and I'd like the bully pulpit notion. But senators have nothing to do what what Massachusetts does -- doesn't -- other than the tribal law."

" Actually that's not right lies in the right well here you go first of all there's of a strong -- with Senator Kennedy got involved in all kind of masters would not have universal health care in this state but for Senator Kennedy. First of all secondly we need to the fight to the Senate within thirty days I'm gonna introduce legislation to create -- national. Gambling regulatory commission. Gambling needs to be regulated nationally we're now in a race to the bottom because Connecticut has casinos now we want them in Massachusetts and New Hampshire is gonna say we need them and then -- Vermont. This is a total. You're right it wouldn't preclude them from existing order and nobody would there issues of public safety there's issues of consumer protection there's issues of addiction. And what it would do is it would help to oversee the development of casinos. It would it would it would provide some federal oversight because that's going on right now is you've got states pitted against each other who say there's this third role here. You know also does this lobbies. It has spent 250. Million dollars over the last ten years trying to prevent any type of federal oversight or that employers and spending a million dollars on beacon. Okay okay."

" That's what we thought they now have this speaker on this on they have the Senate president they have the governor of sorts for the troika with the current total dividend on the radio -- thirty father recent poll. That's people -- states say they support. Casinos they decide now what how what they want this is the leader is one and and the people -- like crazy about it but given the wrong that's what they want lot of."

" I don't I don't accept that I don't think people -- part of the whole story. -- you know a lot of us have big money so they can push their agenda what we need is citizens there's an extraordinary woman named Kathleen -- but. Who you know has a strong union tradition who's been -- selectmen who is leading this is an effort to stop this she's unbelievable."

" This is John -- some columns would go over to -- Jonas somebody else said a year or so ago when the -- was the leader of the anti casino thing before was invited. What what's your ballot question. Let the people of masters is the -- we'll hear from the -- he's aware of that I was disappointed that the ballot question which would be binding which essentially would determine whether we open --"

" Totally support that I believe in the citizens and voters of Massachusetts I would support a valid question I also think we need a much more neutral. Cost benefit analysis that. And other costs but the social -- you know when you bring casinos. One out of through the people who are who are gambling are people with a dictionary -- poems I've worked in the neighborhoods and communities my whole life I -- of a lot of people who suffer from addiction so understands --"

" First things we will win this argument about Patrick sitting across from -- if UN disarmament has taught. There's other high tech jobs let's -- where's the money coming from that we need to fill this bottom line that is bleeding were cutting human services were cutting local -- We have thirty seconds worth the money come from if not this is quickly please."

" Oh what we need we need we can't support green jobs to support small business as we do need a second stimulus package we need jobs than people pay taxes Consumer Spending will go up -- help gather recession and then we can deal with the deficit. We can do this this is America Massachusetts leads the country we should not have casinos if."

" When Obama could do -- and I want to let my uncle's a Doctor Who follows the doctor three times the white adults we've got my dad apparently -- find out exactly what. Okay is he loved most of his run for the US senator Allen thanks -- it's Sudanese."