{"id":3626,"date":"2021-05-13T20:32:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T00:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3626"},"modified":"2021-05-13T20:32:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T00:32:47","slug":"thank-goodness-theres-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3626","title":{"rendered":"Thank Goodness There&#8217;s Online Gambling!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JPA291.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"410\" src=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JPA291.jpg\" alt=\"Thank Goodness There's Online Gambling!\" class=\"wp-image-3627\" srcset=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JPA291.jpg 560w, http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JPA291-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So it turns out that rebooting an economy after the shock and lingering effects of a global pandemic is not easy. In fact, it&#8217;s pretty stilted and awkward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All this has people understandably frustrated. Many have money to spend, but with limited options. Service industries (such as restaurants,&nbsp;resorts, and hotels) cannot attract enough low-wage workers&nbsp;to staff up. And many manufactured items (such as furniture, appliances, and automobiles) are simply not available because of disrupted supply chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank\u00a0goodness Michigan\u00a0approved online gambling back in January\u00a0\u2014 at least\u00a0there is somebody out there eager and willing to take our money! Apparently, many Michigan officials are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/2021\/04\/20\/online-bettors-wager-hundreds-millions-michigan-march-madness\/7300125002\/\">just delighted with the way it has taken off<\/a>. And also, calls to problem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansingstatejournal.com\/story\/news\/2021\/04\/28\/calls-michigan-gambling-helpline-up-online-sports-betting\/4852729001\/\">gambling helplines have spiked tremendously<\/a>. I wonder if the increased tax revenue\u00a0will offset the write-offs necessary for all of the personal bankruptcies?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So it turns out that rebooting an economy after the shock and lingering effects of a global pandemic is not easy. In fact, it&#8217;s pretty stilted and awkward. All this has people understandably frustrated. Many have money to spend, but with limited options. Service industries (such as restaurants,&nbsp;resorts, and hotels) cannot attract enough low-wage workers&nbsp;to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorial-cartoon","category-michiganpress-org","category-michiganradio-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3628,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3626\/revisions\/3628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}