Recently one veteran goanetter, exhorted others to hold the newly elected state representative of Panjim to his promise to remove the floating casinos from the Mandovi River. The idea is to relocate these casinos to land so as to preserve casino-related jobs. Thank god someone in Goa is concerned about (someone else's) jobs. Making casinos land-based still has the concerns regarding tourism, moral deprivation, alleged corruption, garbage disposal, etc. Another important benefit of casinos is the tax revenues they generate. In today's age where citizens do not want to be taxed and yet want more services from the government, and the cost of those services goes up every year with inflation, entertainment tax is a painless way for the government to raise revenues. Goans want to do away with casinos and yet want the "high-end" tourists to come to Goa - a classical case of "Cognitive Dissonance." Regards, GL
