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LETTER: A way out of Nevada’s looming budget hole

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LETTER: Nevada sportsmen and federal land sales
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LETTER: No time to waste on Social Security
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LETTER: There’s a good reason for Social Security tax cap
Carol Cravens Henderson
May 4, 2020 - 9:00 pm
 

Nevada’s economy is going to suffer from this pandemic, and we will need to find new ways to balance the budget. Gov. Steve Sisolak is predicting budget cuts.

Our state and local governments depend on taxes from tourism, hotels and casinos, retailers and restaurants, to name a few. How to make up for the closures? Why not a lottery that many have wanted for years?

Why not put a booth in sports book areas in the casinos that want it? We have a retired community as well as others in Nevada who would welcome a lottery as a great means of recovery.

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LETTER: No time to waste on Social Security
Gary Desler Las Vegas

The most inconvenient truth is that the U.S. Social Security system is fundamentally flawed and is bleeding red ink.

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LETTER: Trump plays footsy with Putin
Paul Costantino Mesquite

The dog and pony show in Alaska is over. President Donald Trump gave the vilest of dictators the royal treatment. That should make real conservatives — not the MAGA lot — sick.

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LETTER: Vegas is blowing it
Al Tobin Las Vegas

Las Vegas has shot itself in the foot. People feel ripped off. I feel ripped off.

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