Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 22:50:24 -0000
From: kylben@earthlink.net ("Kyle Bennett")
Subject: [lpaz-Pima] Competition in the '00's
To: lpaz-Pima@yahoogroups.com
Reply-To: lpaz-Pima@yahoogroups.com
The thriving Indian Casion industry in Arizona is facing some stiff
competition these days. It seems that, like Microsoft, that unfairly
priveledged class known as the American Indian is guilty of being good at
what they do. So good in fact that they have become a threat to their
competitors. This threat has prompted the racetrack industry, namely three
racetracks in the Phoenix area, to pool their resources, muster their
creative energy and stretch their considerable business acumen to its utmost
to address this threat. They are suing.
They are asking the courts to declare the Indian Casinos out of business.
They're not claiming that gambling is immoral, though I'm sure they would
try if they thought such chutzpa would fly. They're not even claiming
monopoly, or unfair practices. No, they are suing on the well-established
and historically precedented legal grounds that some customers choose to
spend their money somewhere else..
So this is what it comes to. Competition too stiff? Make it illegal.
What a wonerfully efficient system we'll have. Why deal with all those
messy choices consumers have to make? Nah, too difficult. Let the experts
handle it. Let the courts and the legislatures decide which establishment
is most deserving of our business. We'll close the other ones, then we can
all have only one choice, and everyonee's happy.
Hmm, there must be a catch somewhere. Wait a minute, don't some people
prefer casinos? Gosh, that makes the whole thing a lot more complicated.
If we just yank the casino licenses, what will those people do? I know,
lets just close the tracks instead! That'll work... no, wait, some people
like those too.
I know, lets let people go to whichever one they like. Then, after a time,
whichever one is making its customers happy, so that enough of them come,
we'll let that one stay open. And then any one that doesn't, we'll make
them close. Well, actually they'll probably close anyway. Gee, that seems
to solve the question nicely.
But doesn't it make the licenses kind of superfluous?
And doesn't it make the license-granters unnecessary?
Oh, now I get it!
--Kyle Bennett
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